A small Junyao purple-splashed tripod incense burner, Song dynasty | 宋 鈞窰天藍釉紫斑三足爐

A small Junyao purple-splashed tripod incense burner,

Song dynasty

宋 鈞窰天藍釉紫斑三足爐

sturdily potted with a compressed globular body resting on three cabriole legs, surmounted by a constricted straight neck and galleried rim, covered overall with an unctuous sky-blue glaze with two purple splashes, the glaze thinning to a pale mushroom tone at the edges and extremities and stopping short of the tips of the legs, with Japanese silver lid and double wood boxes inscribed by Zoroku

w. 8 cm