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A SMALL CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPOD PROVENANCE
CENSER Sold at Christie’s London, 9 November 2010, lot 232
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY It is exceptional to see a bronze censer of this type with the upper
The censer is fashioned with two upright loop handles, the surface of the rim and the sides of the handles embellished with further
cloisonné enamel design.
compressed body is raised on three tapering feet. The exterior is
decorated with a leafy lotus scroll with the flowers picked out in Compare to a censer in the Museé Guimet, Paris, accession no. 2547
red and white, amongst dense scrolling leaves, all below a ruyi- donated by the Rothschild family, and one in the Pierre Uldry Collection,
illustrated by Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné, The
head border to the neck and cloud scrolls to the upper surface Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, no. 58.
of the rim and to the handles. The trilobed underside with three
chrysanthemum sprays amongst further flowers.
4 æ in. (12 cm.) wide
HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-77,000

明十六世紀 鎏金銅掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋雙沖耳三足爐
來源
倫敦佳士得，2010年11月9日，拍品232號

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