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A SMALL STEATITE TRIPOD CENSER
CHINA, TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The globular body tapering to the everted rim and raised on three short cabriole legs
1 ¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high

Provenance
The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 1994.
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This small steatite tripod censer was placed on the desk alongside other steatite vessels, lot 8106 and lot 8107 in this sale, adjacent to Mr. Ellsworth’s desk in the library of his apartment.

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