MING DYNASTY, SIX-CHARACTER ‘DA MING HONGZHI NIANZHI’
MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1487-1505)
WIDTH: 14.1CM
The heavily cast bronze censer is of squarish form with rounded shoulders and a straight neck under a thick lip flanked on either side by twisted rope handles and supported by four squat tubular legs. A six-character ‘Da Ming Hongzhi Nianzhi’ 大明弘治年製mark is cast in relief on the neck under one of the handles.
明弘治 銅胎紐繩紋耳爐
「大明弘治年製」款
