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A RARE INSCRIBED BLUE AND WHITE CENSER
WANLI MARK, DATED BINGXU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1586
the trilobed bracketed body raised on three splayed feet, rising to a cylindrical neck and a galleried rim, the shoulders set with two curved strap handles, each lobe of the body painted with a scholar seated below plantain trees, all below borders of stylized lappets, chrysanthemum vignettes reserved on a wanzi diaper ground, and classic scroll, the shoulder with a twelve-character inscription reading Da Ming Wanli bingxu nian Endetang jingzhu (Respectfully commissioned by the Endetang in the bingxu year of Wanli), the rim with a rectangular cartouche enclosing a six-character inscription reading Guanyin dashi zuoqian (for offering before Guanyin)
Width across handles 8 1/8 in., 20.6 cm