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835
A CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
of compressed globular form, the rounded sides supported
on a three short cabriole feet, the exterior enameled
in yellow, white, red, bluish-green and dark blue with a
continuous frieze of six stylized lotus blossoms amidst a
leafy meander, the underside centered with stylized florets,
repeated at the legs above a row of upright lappets, all below
a narrow waisted neck with further florets issuing curling
leaves, all against a turquoise-color ground, the gilt-metal
rim set to either side with a slightly flaring upright rope-twist
handle, wood stand (2)
Width 6¾ in., 17.1 cm
A nearly identical censer, from the Kitson Collection,
perhaps the mate to the present example, was sold in
our London rooms, 30th May 1961, lot 417. Other closely
related examples include one in the Pierre Uldry collection
illustrated in Chinese Cloisonné, The Pierre Uldry Collection,
Asia Society, New York, cat. no. 53; another with differently
worked handles in the Freer Sackler Galleries, Washington
D.C., illustrated in The Freer Gallery of Art I: China, The Freer
Gallery of Art, Tokyo, 1972, pl. 110; and a third in the Qing
Court Collection illustrated in The Complete Collection of
Treasures of the Palace Museum, Metal-Bodied Enamel Ware,
Hong Kong 2002, pl. 11.

$ 20,000-30,000
835
明十六世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋索
耳三足爐

836

PROPERTY FROM A NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTION
A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL BEAKER
VASES
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
each of archaistic fanggu form, the central section decorated
to each side with a stylized taotie mask, the high spreading
foot with pendent plantain leaves centering a stylized leafing
lotus flower, the wide trumpet neck similarly decorated,
the interior of the mouth with further lotus scrolls, the
corners applied with gilt-metal notched vertical flanges,
plain gilt metal mounts along edges outlining the form, and
with keyfret around the mouth rim, the gilt base with an
apocryphal Qianlong mark (2)
Height 13⅜ in., 34 cm
PROVENANCE
Acquired in San Francisco, February 1972.
A nearly identical pair to the present example was sold in
these rooms 21st March 2018, lot 593.
$ 10,000-15,000

清十八世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯饕餮紋四方
836
出戟觚一對

來源
購於舊金山，1972年2月
274 SOTHEBY’S IMPORTANT CHINESE ART