Blue-and-white Tripod Incense Burner with the Design of “Daoist Priests of Maoshan Mountain”

According to the folklore, three brothers of Mao Ying, Mao Gu and Mao Zhong practiced Daoism and medicine on the Maoshan Mountain in the southwest of Jiangsu province. After they became immortals, they had cranes as their mounts. Illustrating this folklore on the burner, the cobalt blue design has blur outlines due to the limitation of the coloration technique. It exemplifies the blue-and-white porcelain made in non-official kilns in the Hongzhi period.