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A FINE DEHUA BLANC DE CHINE TRIPOD CENSER, DING
LATE MING DYNASTY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Well potted in the form of an archaic bronze ding with the deep bowl supported on hollow cylindrical legs, decorated around the sides with a raised fillet between a band of impressed leiwen pattern and pendent triangular leaves alternating in pattern, all below the wide mouth with a squared rim and two upright loop handles, covered overall in an even ivory-white glaze, a maker's mark Ruan zao incised on the underside--7¼in. (18.4cm.) high
LATE MING DYNASTY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Well potted in the form of an archaic bronze ding with the deep bowl supported on hollow cylindrical legs, decorated around the sides with a raised fillet between a band of impressed leiwen pattern and pendent triangular leaves alternating in pattern, all below the wide mouth with a squared rim and two upright loop handles, covered overall in an even ivory-white glaze, a maker's mark Ruan zao incised on the underside--7¼in. (18.4cm.) high