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A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL RIBBED TRIPOD INCENSE
BURNER
16th/early 17th century
The heavily cast body of cylindrical form supported on three cabriole
feet, the exterior decorated with seven horizontal bands of prunus
and ruyi-head leafy scrolls between raised ribs, all enamelled in multi-
coloured enamels of white, yellow, red, blue and green against a rich
turquoise ground.
10.2cm (4in) high.
HKD250,000 - 350,000
US$32,000 - 45,000
十六世紀/十七世紀早期 銅胎掐絲琺瑯奩式爐

The form of the present lot derives from gilt-bronze tripod circular 本器器型源自東漢時期的銅鎏金三足爐，可參考北京故宮博物院藏一
incense burners of the Eastern Han period. An example of one such 件東漢時期建武二十一年鎏金斛，見《文物名家大講堂：中國青銅
early piece is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Wenwu 器》，北京，2008年，頁274。此造型深刻影響往後朝代，後來的風
mingjia dajiangtang. Zhongguo qingtongqi, Beijing, 2008, p.274. 格都有其傳承遺跡，見倫敦維多利亞及阿伯特博物館藏一唐代綠釉
These prototypes were the source of inspiration for many later periods 爐(編號86-1950)，著錄於J.Ayres，《Eastern Ceramics. Victoria and
and appear in a wide range of different mediums; see for example an Albert Museum》，倫敦，1980年，編號51。
earthenware incense burner applied with green glaze, Tang dynasty,
illustrated by J.Ayers, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert 此造型更多見於瓷器例子上，可參見台北國立故宮博物院藏三件
Museum, London, 1980, no.51. In the National Palace Museum, 明宣德瓷爐包括一件紫紅釉弦紋三足爐、青花纏枝蓮弦紋三足爐及
Taipei, there are several porcelain examples of tripod incense burners 無款孔雀綠釉弦紋三足爐，著錄於廖寶秀，《典雅富麗 – 故宮藏
with very similar narrow concentric bands forming ribs, Xuande, 瓷》，台北，2013年，頁41及137，圖版5、6及30；另見倫敦大
illustrated by Liao Baoxiu, Dianya fuli - gugong cangci, Taipei, 2013, 英博物館藏一明萬曆三足爐，同樣也飾弦紋，見J.Harrison-Hall，
pp.41 and 137, pls.5, 6 and 30. 《Ming Ceramics》，倫敦，2001年，頁336，編號II:158。

Compare the narrow bands of ruyi-shaped motifs on scrolling vines, 本器上所飾的如意花卉紋可與北京故宮博物館藏一明萬曆蓋盒以
with the similarly rendered motifs on a cloisonné enamel box and 及另一件明晚期掐絲琺瑯山水人物紋圓盒上足部的紋飾作比較，見
cover, Wanli mark and period, and on the foot of a cloisonné enamel 《故宮博物院藏品大系：琺瑯器編1》，北京及安徽，2011年，頁
box and cover, late Ming dynasty, illustrated in Compendium of 288-289，圖版106及157。此器形於乾隆一朝亦有沿襲，見倫敦佳
Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 1, Beijing, 2011, pls.106 士得售出一例，2012年11月6日，編號46。
and 157. This form and related style continued onto the Qianlong
period as demonstrated by the cloisonné enamel tripod censer, 參看邦瀚斯香港曾售出一件極為類似的明晚期銅胎掐絲琺瑯奩式爐，
Qianlong mark and period, which was sold at Christie’s London, 6 尺寸稍小（9cm），2015年12月3日，拍品編號54。
November 2012, lot 46.

See also a very similar but smaller (9cm) cloisonné enamel ribbed
incense burner, late Ming dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams Hong
Kong, 3 December 2015, lot 54.

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