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A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL INCENSE BURNER, GUI
15th/16th century
The compressed globular body rising from a short spreading foot to a
short waisted neck with everted gilt-bronze rim, set at the shoulder
with a pair of C-shaped dragon-head handles, brightly decorated
with large lotus blooms wreathed in scrolling foliage issuing curling
leaves above a band of lotus lappets and C-scrolls around the foot.
14.5cm (5 3/4in) wide.
HKD150,000 - 250,000
US$19,000 - 32,000
十五/十六世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋龍耳爐

The dragon handles resemble the design on bronze and cloisonné 此式爐之龍吞魚雙耳，多在元明銅器及掐絲琺瑯器上有所見，如清宮
vessels of the late Yuan to early Ming dynasty. Compare a closely 舊藏一件明早期掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋龍耳爐，龍耳掐絲工藝與本拍品類
related cloisonné incense burner in the Qing Court Collection, early 似，見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系：金屬胎琺瑯器》，香港，2002
Ming dynasty, with a pair of similarly executed dragon handles, 年，編號12。參看三件北京故宮博物院藏明宣德掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋雙
illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace 耳爐，亦飾有雙獸吞魚耳，著錄於《中國金銀玻璃琺瑯器全集5：琺瑯
Museum: Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, Hong Kong, 2002, no.12. 器（一）河北，2001年，編號52-54。維多利亞及阿伯特博物館亦藏
Another similar example, dated to the first half of the 15th century, is in 有一件類似的十五世紀前半葉龍耳爐，見Sir H. Garner著，《Chinese
the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by H.Garner, Chinese and and Japanese Cloisonne Enamels》，倫敦，1962年，圖版14。
Japanese Cloisonne Enamels, London, 1962, pl.14.
另見倫敦蘇富比曾售出一件十六世紀掐絲琺瑯龍耳爐，2019年5月15
See three related cloisonné enamel incense burners, Xuande period, 日，拍品編號119，以及倫敦佳士得售出十六世紀另一例，2020年11
also with similar dragon handles in the Palace Museum, Beijing, 月3日，拍品編號78。
illustrated in Zhongguo jinyin boli falangqi quanji: 5: falangqi vol.1,
Hebei, 2001, nos. 52-54.

A related cloisonné enamel incense burner, ding, 16th century, was
sold at Sotheby’s London, 15 May 2019, lot 119, and another of gui
form, 15th-16th century, was sold at Christie’s London, 3 November
2020, lot 78..

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