A RARE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE CENSER

JIAJING PERIOD (1522-1566)

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A RARE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE CENSER
JIAJING PERIOD (1522-1566)
The cylindrical censer is raised on three small cabriole feet and is molded with a raised line on the upper section, and a lipped rim. It is decorated around the sides with a meandering lotus scroll that envelops the eight emblems of the bajixiang, all beneath a more formal lotus scroll border. The glaze of the interior has a bluish tinge.
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

A similar censer, of slightly smaller size (25.8 cm. diam.), excavated from a eunuch's tomb in Chengdu city, Sichuan province, is illustrated by Zhang Bai in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China, vol. 10, Beijing, 2007, no. 175, where it is dated to the Jiajing period.

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