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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘CHRYSANTHEMUM’ TRIPOD The main decorative feature of the present incense burner is the
INCENSE BURNER, DING clusters of three chrysanthemum flowerheads. See similarly decorated
Mid Ming Dynasty cloisonné enamel tripod incense burners, early to mid Ming dynasty, in
The compressed globular body rising from three short tapered gilt-
bronze legs and narrowing at the neck to the gilt-bronze rim, the the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in
exterior brightly enamelled with clusters of chrysanthemum flowers the Palace Museum: Enamels 1, Beijing, 2011, nos.46, 80 and 81.
amidst leafy sprays, all on a bright turquoise ground.
14cm (5 1/2in) wide. 該爐以菊花為紋飾，改變了掐絲琺瑯工藝中慣用的番蓮紋，色彩上運
用的葡萄紫和墨綠色琺瑯顏色濃烈絢麗，具有明代早期至中期的特
HKD120,000 - 150,000 點。北京故宮博物院中有三件明代明早期的掐絲琺瑯菊花紋三足爐，
US$15,000 - 19,000 爐身形製及花紋與本拍品幾乎一致，但由宮中後配了銅鎏金蓋、口、
耳及足，見《故宮博物院藏品大系：琺瑯器編1》，北京，2011年，
明中期 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝菊紋三足爐 編號46,80及81。

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