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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND
COVER
18th century
The globular body rising from three cabriole legs issuing from a stylised
makara, decorated with six ruyi panels enclosing two confronting
dragons and a shou character, reserved on a dark blue ground with
blossoming lotus and tendrils, with chilong handles and a domed lid
worked in openwork designs of further dragons below a Buddhist lion
finial. 12cm (4 6/8in) high (2).

£3,000 - 5,000 CNY29,000 - 48,000
HK$35,000 - 59,000

十八世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯開光夔龍紋三足蓋爐

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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND
211 COVER
200 | BONHAMS Qianlong
The compressed globular body raised on three cabriole legs issuing
from gilt copper lion masks, rising to a short, straight neck with everted
rim, the exterior decorated with large lotus blooms amid foliate scrolls
on a turquoise ground, below a band of gilt lotus lappets, the shoulder
flanked by a pair of handles shaped as mythical beasts, the domed
cover cast with three ruyi panels enclosing leafy lotus scrolls reserved
on a pierced ground decorated with bats and clouds, surmounted by a
gilt bronze knop pierced with lotus blooms and flower heads.
25cm (9 7/8in) high (2).

£3,000 - 4,000 CNY29,000 - 39,000
HK$35,000 - 47,000

清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋瑞獸耳三足蓋爐

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A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND
A COVER, DING
Qianlong
Superbly enamelled, flanked at the sides by a pair of upright bracket
handles, the main band of the body decorated with geometric
strapwork patterns alternating with gilt round bosses, above a wide
frieze of gui dragons and blades enclosing lotus blooms and foliage,
the cover with further strapwork designs below bands of ruyi heads
and lappets surrounding a gilt-metal openwork finial decorated with a
four-clawed dragon writhing amongst vaporous clouds.
Overall 34.5cm (13 1/2in) high (2).

£20,000 - 30,000 CNY190,000 - 290,000
HK$240,000 - 350,000

清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯仿古夔龍紋三足鼎式爐

Provenance: a European private collection and thence by descent

來源： 歐洲私人收藏，後由家族繼承

The form and the decoration of the present lot have been inspired by
archaic bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The shape of
the vessel derives from food vessels, ding, used in ritual ceremonies
during the Zhou dynasty; whilst stylised gui dragon are popularly seen
as decorative motives on archaic bronze vessels as early as the Shang
dynasty.

The Qianlong emperor admired archaic forms and decorative motifs
used in antiquity. Instructions were given by the emperor, who would
monitor and comment on designs submitted by the court craftsmen.
His personal taste and preference strongly influenced the art produced,
as seen in the present lot.

Compare with a related cloisonné enamel incense burner and cover,
gui, Qianlong, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, museum
no.13-1894. A further example, mid-Qing dynasty, is illustrated in
Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 3,
Cloisonné in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Beijing, 2011, pl.187.