Of modified liding form on three short feet and with two arched handles, the outside with three large cartouches bearing the arabic inscription: afdal al-dhikir la illaha ila Allah, Muhammaf rasual Allah (There is no God but Allah, Muhammad is the prophet of Allah). The base cast with an apocryphal Xuande six-character mark. Dimensions Height 13,2 cm; width 18 cm Medium Button1 Literature Compare a similar but much earlier censer, illustrated in: Berthold Laufer, Chinese Muhammedan Bronzes, in: Ars Islamica, vol. 1 (1934), p. 133-146, fig. 1 a and b Provenance Private property, Berlin Notes VAT: Margin scheme