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205 † Compare with a related cloisonné enamel incense burner, first half of
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER’ 16th century with 17th century gilt-bronze mounts, also decorated
INCENSE BURNER with ‘Three Friends of Winter’, illustrated by G.G.Avitabile, Die Ware
Incised Jingtai four-character mark, 16th century aus dem Teufelsland: Chinesische und Japanische Cloisonné- und
Heavily cast, the deep rounded body supported on three elephant- Champlevé-Arbeiten von 1400 bis 1900, Hannover, 1981, p.67, pl.20.
head feet, the exterior decorated with a continuous scene depicting A further example in the Pierre Uldry collection, second half of 16th
the ‘Three Friends of Winter’, prunus, bamboo and pine, reserved on century, is illustrated by H. Brinker & A. Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The
a bright turquoise ground, below a band of scrolling ruyi flanked by a Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, pl.107.
pair of prominent gilt-bronze chilong handles, the interior with gilt liner,
the gilt mounts 17th/18th century.
15.2cm (6 1/8in) diam.
£20,000 - 30,000 CNY190,000 - 290,000
HK$240,000 - 350,000
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