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A RARE PAIR CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘PIGEON’ INCENSE Compare with a very similar cloisonné enamel incense burner in the
BURNERS AND COVERS shape of a dove, Qianlong, in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, illustrated
Qianlong by B.Quette, Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and
Each finely modelled in the form of a pigeon, the feathers delicately Qing Dynasties, New York and Paris, 2011, no.110. See also a related
enamelled in blue, turquoise, and green, with slight variation in colours pair of bird-shaped cloisonné enamel incense burners and covers,
of the two ‘birds’ near the ‘belly’, in the wings and the tail, the eyes second half 18th century, illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese
inset with amber and red glass beads, the wings and back forming a Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, London, 1989, no.328.
detachable cover.
Each 18.5cm (7 1/4) long. (4). See a single similar cloisonné enamel ‘pigeon’ incense burner and
cover, Qianlong, which was sold at Christie’s New York, 22 March
£25,000 - 35,000 2013, lot 1187; and another single similar example which was sold at
CNY200,000 - 280,000 Christie’s London, 8 November 2016, lot 125.

清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯鴿形蓋爐一對

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

Image after B.Quette, Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan,
Ming and Qing Dynasties, New York, 2011, no.110

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