A RARE INSCRIBED 'DING' FOUR-LEGGED CENSER YUAN DYNASTY, DATED ZHIYUAN 22ND YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1285 of square section, the gently bilobed sides of the vessel rising to a short recessed waist and upright galleried rim with indented corners, all supported on four cabriole legs in the shape of four-clawed feet issuing from monster-masks, the lobes carved with a slightly recessed taotie mask centered on the vessel's corners and patterned with granulation, the neck incised with classic scroll, the outer face of the rim incised with the characters xiang hua gong yang (presenting incense and flowers) amid cloud scrolls, the white body covered in a clear glaze pooling to an ivory tint in the recesses, the underside of the body incised with the characters Zhiyuan er shi er nian san yue ri zao (made in the third month of the twenty-second year of Zhiyuan) Height 4 1/2 in., 11.4 cm
A RARE INSCRIBED 'DING' FOUR-LEGGED CENSER YUAN DYNASTY, DATED ZHIYUAN 22ND YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1285 of square section, the gently bilobed sides of the vessel rising to a short recessed waist and upright galleried rim with indented corners, all supported on four cabriole legs in the shape of four-clawed feet issuing from monster-masks, the lobes carved with a slightly recessed taotie mask centered on the vessel's corners and patterned with granulation, the neck incised with classic scroll, the outer face of the rim incised with the characters xiang hua gong yang (presenting incense and flowers) amid cloud scrolls, the white body covered in a clear glaze pooling to an ivory tint in the recesses, the underside of the body incised with the characters Zhiyuan er shi er nian san yue ri zao (made in the third month of the twenty-second year of Zhiyuan) Height 4 1/2 in., 11.4 cm
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