Chinese Celadon Glazed Dragon Handle Censer, Warring States/Jin Dynasty

A Chinese celadon glazed tripod censer, Warring States/Jin Dynasty, 5th century B. C/5th century A. D. The censer is decorated with a dragon handle. Provenance: The Estate of the late Walter Hochstadter and Alice Chu, acquired by Walter Hochstadter prior to 1997 hence by descent. Walter Hochstadter was a well known and distinguished dealer of Chinese Art, born in Krumbach (Germany) in 1914. In the late 1930's he emigrated to the United States and died in Melbourne, Australia in 2007. He was a member of the Oriental ceramic Society (USA) from 1953-1982. A large number of the Hochstadter collection was sold at Christies New York, 18th/19th March 2009, with a piece lot 518 reaching 2 million US dollars, 13.5 cm long