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(US$2,000-2,500)
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A GREEN AND IRON-RED-ENAMELLED TRIPOD CENSER
CHENGHUA MARK
The squat body sturdily potted with straight sides, the slightly lipped shoulder flanked with a pair of curved upturned handles, entirely raised on three tapered feet, enamelled in green around the body with silhouettes of peony blooms among scrolling foliage, below a scroll pattern encircling the rim, the handles decorated with vertical stripes, all reserved on an iron-red ground, the slightly sunken base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark (rim hairline, two feet restuck) 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm.) diam., box
CHENGHUA MARK
The squat body sturdily potted with straight sides, the slightly lipped shoulder flanked with a pair of curved upturned handles, entirely raised on three tapered feet, enamelled in green around the body with silhouettes of peony blooms among scrolling foliage, below a scroll pattern encircling the rim, the handles decorated with vertical stripes, all reserved on an iron-red ground, the slightly sunken base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark (rim hairline, two feet restuck) 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm.) diam., box
(US$2,000-2,500)