A BLUE AND WHITE ARCHAISTIC TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF JIAQING |

the compressed globular body rising from three cabriole legs to a short neck with a galleried rim, flanked by a pair of upright everted handles each pierced with a rectangular aperture and painted with a pair of bats on each end, the body decorated with the beribboned bajixiang amongst meandering foliage and stylised lotus, the neck encircled with further floral scrolls and with a band of ruyi heads at the shoulders, the handles and legs similarly adorned with leafy blooms, the rim centred with a six-character seal mark within a rectangular cartouche surrounded by a key-fret band

In overall good condtion with expected light surface wear. Typical firing imperfections, including light fritting to the edges and firing cracks to the joints of the handles and body, one with an insignificant glaze flake.
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