RARE XUANDE !! Antique Chinese Brass Dragonware Censer / Singing Bowl with Xuande Reign Mark

EXTREMELY RARE MING DYNASTY ANTIQUE CHINESE BRASS DRAGONWARE CENSER / SINGING BOWL WITH THE APOCRYPHAL SIX-CHARACTER XUANDE REIGN MARK IMPRESSED INTO THE BASE

THE MING DYNASTY IN CHINESE HISTORY LASTED FROM 1368 until 1644 AND IS DIVIDED DURING THIS TIME FRAME INTO 17 REIGN PERIODS, NAMELY HONGWU, JIANWEN, YONGLE, HONGXI, XUANDE, ZHENGTONG, JINGTAI, TIANSHUN, CHENGHUA, HONGZHI, ZHENGDE, JIAJING, LONGQING, WANLI, TAICHANG, TIANQI AND CHONGZHEN.   I HAVE COMPARED THE 6-CHARACTER APOCRYPHAL MARK IMPRESSED UNDERNEATH THIS BOWL TO THESE PERIODS AND ALTHOUGH THE MARK IS ROUGHENED WITH AGE, IT COMPARES VERY FAVORABLY WITH THE XUANDE REIGN MARK, BUT BASED ON THE 4 CHARACTERS THAT ARE CLEARLY VISIBLE IS DEFINITELY WITHIN THE MING DYNASTY PERIOD

SINCE I MAY NOT POST LINKS TO SITES OUTSIDE BidOrBuy, I CAN MERELY STATE THAT THE GOTHEBORG WEBSITE ASSISTED WITH IDENTIFICATION OF THE MARK AS WELL AS THE INFORMATION THAT THE XUANDE MARK WAS USED IN CHINA WELL INTO THE 18th CENTURY ALSO

THE XUANDE EMPEROR REIGNED DURING THE MING DYNASTY 1426 - 1435.    

THIS ITEM IS EITHER A CHINESE BRASS CENSER OR SINGING BOWL AS IT VIBRATES FANTASTICALLY AND MUSICALLY WHEN STRUCK GENTLY.  THE BOWL HAS BEEN DECORATED IN AN ETCHED GREEK KEY PATTERN BENEATH THE FLARED RIM AS WELL AS ETCHED IMAGES OF MOUNTAINS AND DRAGONS ALONG THE SIDES OF THE BOWL

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE ITEM IS INCISED UNDERNEATH BY HAND - "CHINA" AND HAS AN IMPRESSED SIX-CHARACTER APOCRYPHAL REIGN MARK  (Pls see the pics below)

CONDITION : THE BOWL HAS BEEN PERFECTLY PRESERVED AND IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO DENTS, DAMAGES ETC

SIZE : 10cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....11.5cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....20.6cm DIAMETER OF RIM

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