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204 Comparable examples in shape and decoration of this incense burner
A RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER are included in the Palace Museum collection, see The Complete
Early Ming Dynasty Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Enamels, Hong Kong,
The compressed globular body rising from three tapered legs to 2001, pp.99-101, n.30-32. Other examples are included in the
a short neck flanked by a pair of upright loop handles decorated Avery Brundage Collection in San Francisco, see Cloisonné: Chinese
with geometric designs in red, blue and yellow, the exterior brightly Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, New York, 2011,
decorated with large lotus blossoms amidst undulating leafy stems, n.23, and the Pierre Udry collection in the Rietberg Museum, Zurich,
all on a vibrant turquoise ground below a stylised keyfret border. see Chinese Cloisonné. The Pierre Udry Collection, New York, 1989,
19.5cm (7 6/8in) wide no.15.
£20,000 - 30,000 CNY190,000 - 290,000 A related example, Xuande period, sold at Sotheby’s New York, 15
HK$240,000 - 350,000 September 2015, lot 162. A further example, first half of 15th century,
sold at Christie’s New York, 26 March 2003, lot 60.
明初 銅胎掐絲琺瑯番蓮紋朝冠耳爐
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