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A RARE CLOISONNÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL ‘GRAPEVINE’ The bunches of grapes decorating the incense burner are superbly
TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER, DING enamelled, successfully conveying the ripe, nearly bursting, wine-red fruit
16th/17th century alternating with the green-coloured still-ripening fruit, all borne on gnarled
Well cast with a compressed globular body rising to a short waisted vines amidst large leaves subtly enamelled to convey their different sides
neck and galleried mouth-rim, all supported on three short legs issuing
from gilt-bronze mythical beast masks and terminating with gilt-bronze and maturity. Such design can be seen in cloisonné enamel from the early
claws, the sides flanked by a pair of handles, each with a floral bloom Ming dynasty vessels (often with later added gilt-bronze mounts, handles
partially enclosed with multi-coloured leaves and suspending a loose and feet); see in the Qing Court Collection, Compendium of Collections in
ring, the turquoise-ground exterior of the body and legs brightly the Palace Museum: Enamels 1, Beijing, 2011, nos.38-45.
enamelled with clusters of green and aubergine grapes borne on
stems further issuing colourful foliage, the gilt-bronze rim detailed with See another incense burner and cover in the Pierre Uldry collection,
a key-fret band repeated at the rim of the domed cover, the cover dated to the first half of the 17th century, with a similar design of
similarly enamelled with grapes and surmounted by a pierced gilt-
bronze medallion finial enclosing a coiling dragon amidst ruyi-clouds. grapes, illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinesisches Cloisonné: Die
18cm (7 1/8in) wide. (2). Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Zurich, 1984, pl.144. See also pieces dated
to the 16 century of this pattern illustrated by H.Garner, Chinese and
HKD120,000 - 160,000 Japanese Cloisonne Enamels, London, 1962, pls.40a and c.
US$15,000 - 21,000
See a related cloisonné enamel censer and cover, 16th century, which
十六/十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯葡萄紋活環耳三足爐 was sold at Sotheby’s London, 3 November 2021, lot 161.

此爐飾葡萄紋，紋飾舒朗，色彩寫實，特別在枝葉的處理上運用了暈
染的技法，增加了藝術效果，這類技法在少數明代早期的掐絲琺瑯器
上可見，如北京故宮藏數件明早期掐絲琺瑯葡萄紋爐，大部分耳、
足及款均為後配，著錄於《故宮博物院藏品大系：琺瑯器編1》，北
京，2011年，編號38至45

參看Pierre Uldry藏一例葡萄紋三足爐，斷代為17世紀前半葉，著錄
於H.Brinker及A.Lutz《Chinesisches Cloisonné: Die Sammlung Pierre
Uldry》，蘇黎世，1984年，圖版144。另見Sir H. Garner著錄一件葡
萄紋三足小爐，《Chinese and Japanese Cloisonne Enamels》，倫
敦，1962年，圖版40a及c。

倫敦蘇富比曾售出一例十六世紀掐絲琺瑯葡萄紋爐，2021年11月3
日，拍品編號161。

Image courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing
北京故宮博物院藏

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