Lot 323. Two large Fahua 'Dragon' censers, Wanli mark and period (1573-1619). Width across handles of larger 15 1/4  in., 38.8 cm. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Lot sold 18,750 USD. © Sotheby's

each of compressed globular form supported on three animal-mask legs, molded in high relief all around with dragons confronting a flower, flanked by two curved upright handles, all in glazes of blue, turquoise, purple and mustard-yellow, the galleried rims each bearing a date, with one dated to the fourteenth year of the Wanli reign corresponding to 1588, and the other dated to the sixteenth year of the Wanli reign corresponding to 1560 (2).