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PROPERTY SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ROBERT CHANG ART EDUCATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
拍賣收益將撥捐張宗憲教育及藝術慈善基金會
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A RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘DRAGON’ 清康熙 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋夔龍耳象足蓋爐
TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER 來源

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) 倫敦蘇富比，2007 年 5 月 16 日，拍品 46 號
The circular body is enamelled with large lotus heads borne on 於銅爐及火盆上以象首為足之裝飾手法，可上溯至明宣德時期（1426-
leafy tendrils, rising to a broad everted rim decorated with shou 1435）。今有台北故宮清宮舊藏宣德款藏品可供參考，參見《故宮歷代香
characters and flanked by a pair of gilt chilong-handles, all resting 具圖錄》，台北故宮，1994 年，頁 199，圖 54。台北故宮亦收藏一件近
on three elephant-head feet. The detachable wall is pierced with a 似之景泰款銅胎掐絲琺瑯象足蓋爐，參見《故宮琺瑯器選粹》，台北故宮
band of kui-dragons between bands of flower tendrils. The domed 1971 年，頁 3。此外另參照一件明末 / 清初十七世紀掐絲琺瑯壽字龍紋象
and pierced cover is decorated with a further band of archaistic 耳三足蓋爐，2011年11月8日於倫敦佳士得拍賣，拍品編號 65。
kui-dragons below the pierced gilt ‘dragon’ finial.
13 in. (33 cm.) wide across handles
HK$2,000,000-3,000,000 US$260,000-390,000

PROVENANCE
Sold at Sotheby's London, 16 May 2007, lot 46
The tradition of using three elephant heads as the feet of bronze
censers and braziers can be traced back to at least as far as the
Xuande reign (1426 - 35). An example of a bronze censer with three
large naturalistically formed elephant heads as feet, with a six-character
Xuande mark and of the period, is in the collection of the National
Palace Museum, illustrated in A Special Exhibition of Incense Burners
and Perfumiers Throughout the Dynasties, National Palace Museum,
Taipei, 1994, p. 199, no. 54. A closely related cloisonné enamel censer of
this shape with elephant-head feet and an openwork cover, dated to the
Jingtai period (1450-1456), also in the Collection of the National Palace
Museum, is illustrated in Masterworks of Chinese Enamel Ware in the
National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1971, p.3. Also compare to another
cloisonné censer of this shape and with elephant-head feet but without
the dragon handles, sold at Christie’s London, 8 November 2011, lot 65.