• Dimension: Height: 18 5/8 in (47.0 cm) Diameter: 18 3/8 in (46.5 cm)
• Estimate From: $8000
• Estimate To: $16000

Of circular form, the domed cover cast with a central medallion enclosing a gilt Arabic inscription against a ring-punched ground, the sides and the box encircled by concentric line borders, impressed to the base with a six-character Zhengde mark within a rectangle. Ming Dynasty Zhengde Period.

Provenance: Private San Diego collection, California
此爐取商周青銅器鼎之樣式，盤口束頸，鼓腹圜底，下承三蹄足，兩側飾衝天朝冠耳。胎質堅實，周身以鬆石綠地粉彩裝飾。口沿外繪迴紋，頸部繪纏枝花卉紋一週，外壁繪纏枝蓮紋及八寶紋，兩耳及三足繪纏枝花卉紋。佛教八寶為法螺、法輪、寶傘、白蓋、蓮花、寶瓶、金魚、盤腸八種吉祥物，常與蓮花合用於瓷器裝飾上，象徵吉祥如意。此類爐常作佛前五供，置於最中間，體量巨大，端莊雄壯，製作考究，且配木雕爐蓋及底座，十分難得。可參考一類似器型，售於倫敦佳士得，2011年11月，拍品號412。

來源：南加州聖地亞哥藏家收藏