A RARE DATED MASSIVE THREE-COLOR-GLAZED POTTERY TRIPOD CENSER Dated to the Thirty-fourth Year of the Reign of Wanli, Corresponding to 1607 The body encased within high-relief-molded decoration of a pair of ferocious four-clawed dragons, their back legs splayed on either side of the curved upright handles and their long tails extending the length of each handle, the two entwined within multi-blossomed lotus scroll while confronted on a flaming pearl held within the talons of a garuda -like creature straddling the largest of the lotus blossoms positioned over each of the monster-mask-surmounted legs, the reverse applied with a large commemorative plaque carved with an inscription naming the Faxing Temple near the village of Hongshan, the three monks in charge and six of their disciples, three donors, the maker from Zhangjiazhuang village and the date, all in rich liuli glazes of deep turquoise, ochre and purple color 27in. (69.2cm.) high, domed wood cover carved with bats amidst clouds and surmounted by a grayish-green jade finial carved as rockwork, with a figure on one side
A RARE DATED MASSIVE THREE-COLOR-GLAZED POTTERY TRIPOD CENSER Dated to the Thirty-fourth Year of the Reign of Wanli, Corresponding to 1607 The body encased within high-relief-molded decoration of a pair of ferocious four-clawed dragons, their back legs splayed on either side of the curved upright handles and their long tails extending the length of each handle, the two entwined within multi-blossomed lotus scroll while confronted on a flaming pearl held within the talons of a garuda -like creature straddling the largest of the lotus blossoms positioned over each of the monster-mask-surmounted legs, the reverse applied with a large commemorative plaque carved with an inscription naming the Faxing Temple near the village of Hongshan, the three monks in charge and six of their disciples, three donors, the maker from Zhangjiazhuang village and the date, all in rich liuli glazes of deep turquoise, ochre and purple color 27in. (69.2cm.) high, domed wood cover carved with bats amidst clouds and surmounted by a grayish-green jade finial carved as rockwork, with a figure on one side
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