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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL DUCK-SHAPED INCENSE BURNER
AND COVER
16th/17th Century
Finely modelled in the shape of a duck with its head slightly turned and
beak open, its feather decorated in vibrant green, yellow, white, red,
turquoise and blue, repeated at the cover, its back with an opening in
the shape of feather, its beak and webbed feet gilded, all fixed on a
wooden stand in the shape of waves.
18.7cm (7 3/8in) high. (3).
£7,000 - 10,000
CNY55,000 - 79,000
十六至十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺琅鴨形蓋爐

Provenance: Sir Michael Oppenheimer (3rd Baronet, 1924-2020) and
Lady Helen Oppenheimer DD (1926-2022), and thence by descent

來源：Michael Oppenheimer 爵士（三代從男爵，1924-2020年）
與Helen Oppenheimer爵士夫人（1926-2022年）舊藏，並由後人保
存迄今

Compare with a similar cloisonné enamel duck-form incense burner,
late Ming dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in the
Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels, 1,
Beijing, 2011, p.276, no.147. See also a pair of closely related
cloisonné enamel duck-form incense burners and covers, Ming
dynasty, with lotus-leaf stands, in the Victoria and Albert Museum,
London (acc.nos.CIRC.187-1923 and CIRC.188-1923). A further
pair of Mandarin duck form incense burners, Ming dynasty, depicted
standing on a lotus leaf base, illustrated in Colorful, Elegant, and
Exquisite: A Special Exhibition of Imperial Enamel Wares from Mr.
Robert Chang’s Collection, Suzhou, 2007, pp.118-119.

Image courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing.

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