Censer with five legs
late 7th-early 8th century
Description
Incense burner in the form of a basin with flat, everted lip supported on five palmette-form legs, each modeled at top with an animal head, all resting on a low ring-form base; white earthenware with variegated lead-fluxed copper-green and iron-brown glazes on the exterior of the basin and legs. Sancai ware. From northern China, Henan, Hebei, or Shaanxi province.
Dimensions
H. 10.7 x Diam. 14.6 cm (4 3/16 x 5 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Stephen Junkunc III, Chicago, IL (by 1978). Private collection (by 1996), sold; through [Christie's, New York, 28 March 1996, lot 316]; to [Chinese Porcelain Company, New York (1996-1999)], sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006. Notes: 1. Stephen Junkunc III (d. 1978) 2. On long-term loan to Harvard University Art Museums from 1999 to 2006.
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