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241 A similar censer can be found in the Museo d’Arte Cinese e
A pair of bronze ‘mandarin duck’ incense burners Etnografico dei Missionari Saveriani, Parma, illustrated in Padre
and covers Matteo Ricci: L’Europa alla corte dei Ming, Milan, 2003, p.137.
Ming Dynasty Comparable censers in cloisonne enamel are illustrated in Metal-
Each covered with an attractive fine verdigris and cast with the bodied Enamel Ware: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
rounded body ending in sweeping tail and wing feathers, the head Palace Museum, 2002, p.79.
raised proudly upwards and clasping in its beak a spray of lotus
stems issuing leaves, pods and blossoms, some reaching down
over the chest and others over the back of the duck to form the
reticulated cover of the incense burner.
Each 28cm (11in) long (4).
£10,000 - 15,000
HK$120,000 - 190,000 CNY98,000 - 150,000

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