Antique Chinese Censor Pottery Fang Ding Form

Description

This evocative antique pottery censer is given the fanciful shape of an archaistic bronze fang ding. The body of the piece was molded, with somewhat whimsical raised flower decoration on the front, back, and underside and lion or leopard masks at the base of the handles. The flower decoration on the sides were also embellished with incised lines to represent the leaves. The legs appear to have been applied after the molding process. The censer is given a blue glaze that is fairly bright where it has pooled, with areas of warmer tones emerging where the piece is more thinly coated. The glaze has some added visual interest due to the orange peel texture of the surface and the great variance in the size and number of air bubbles in the glaze. The glaze also has overall crazing from age.
This measures approximately 3 ½” high at the tallest point on the handle. It is about 3 1/2” wide and 2 ¼” measured front to back.
The piece is in fair condition with no cracks, chips, or repairs that I can see. There is significant abrasion to the glaze in some areas, with a few spots of glaze loss.
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