A RARE WUCAI 'LOTUS SCROLL' TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER MARKS AND PERIOD OF WANLI formed of three sections, the censer body of low cylindrical form supported on three ruyi-shaped feet below a flanged rim, vividly painted around the exterior with a foliate lotus scroll with blossoms in blue, red and white, between lotus sprays on the feet and a blue 'classic' scroll at the rim, the interior fitted with a dish-shaped porcelain liner decorated with fruiting and flowering branches of peach enclosed in lobed panels against a blue lattice ground, inscribed with a six-character reign mark, further surmounted by a domed cover reticulated with blue and red diapers within a border of detached mutli-coloured 'classic' scroll-segments and a composite floral scroll around the sides, all divided by line borders, the base partially glazed and inscribed in a countersunk medallion with another six-character reign mark within double circles diameter 21.8 cm., 8 5/8 in.
A RARE WUCAI 'LOTUS SCROLL' TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER MARKS AND PERIOD OF WANLI formed of three sections, the censer body of low cylindrical form supported on three ruyi-shaped feet below a flanged rim, vividly painted around the exterior with a foliate lotus scroll with blossoms in blue, red and white, between lotus sprays on the feet and a blue 'classic' scroll at the rim, the interior fitted with a dish-shaped porcelain liner decorated with fruiting and flowering branches of peach enclosed in lobed panels against a blue lattice ground, inscribed with a six-character reign mark, further surmounted by a domed cover reticulated with blue and red diapers within a border of detached mutli-coloured 'classic' scroll-segments and a composite floral scroll around the sides, all divided by line borders, the base partially glazed and inscribed in a countersunk medallion with another six-character reign mark within double circles diameter 21.8 cm., 8 5/8 in.
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