A RARE BLUE AND WHITE TRIPOD CENSER, JIAJING PERIOD, DATED TO BINGWU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1546, AND OF THE PERIOD

A RARE BLUE AND WHITE TRIPOD CENSER
JIAJING PERIOD, DATED TO BINGWU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1546, AND OF THE PERIOD
The compressed body is decorated above each leg with a panel containing a central winged figure beneath an inscription reading Da Ming Jiajing bingwu nian Dunrentang jing zhu (Respectfully commissioned by The Hall of Sincere Benevolence in the bingwu year [1546] of Jiajing of the great Ming), all below a floral band on the waisted mid-section and another inscription below the rim, Guanyin dashi zuo qian (Before the throne of Guanyin bodhisattva).
8 in. (20.5 cm.) wide across handles, cloth box

Provenance

Mayuyama & Co., Ltd., Tokyo, 22 November 1982.
The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San Antonio, Texas.

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LENORA AND WALTER F. BROWN