CHINESE MING LARGE GLAZED EARTHENWARE CENSER
16/17th c., Shanxi province, archaic tripod-form with various colorful lead glazes and ornate relief decoration, each handle with a Buddhist monk, the rim decorated with Buddhist treasures, the front and reverse with a purple glazed peony flanked by pair of yellow chi dragons, each foot decorated with a monster masque, 20"h; 18"w
The New York Metropolitan Museum has a similar smaller censer dated c. 1512. A related censor, with handles missing, is in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, another in the Royal Ontario Museum is dated to 1469.
the upper part of the handles (not the figures) restored; some age appropriate chipping and flaking here and there
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Realized: $1,100 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 312 : CHINESE MING LARGE GLAZED EARTHENWARE CENSER
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