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A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE DUCK-
SHAPED INCENSE BURNER AND COVER
Late Ming Dynasty
In the form of a duck standing on its right webbed foot with the left
raised on a gilt-bronze stepped pedestal with a pendant lotus border
underneath a beaded board, the bird depicted with its gilt-bronze head
slightly turned to the left with its beak rendered agape and revealing
its slender tongue, inlaid with beaded yellow eyes in paste, the exterior
of the hollow body, neck and upturned tail brightly enamelled with
undulating streaks of plumage, the cover formed as the wings of the
bird and similarly rendered with bright plumage, centred with a pierced
circular aperture in the form of a cash coin.
24cm (9 3/8in) high.
HKD500,000 - 800,000
US$64,000 - 100,000

明晚期 銅胎掐絲琺瑯寶鴨熏爐

Provenance
The Oriental Art Gallery Ltd., London, 1995
David Bell Peck III (1922 – 2000), Chicago
Christie’s New York, 18 September 2014, lot 604

Published and Illustrated
The Oriental Art Gallery Ltd., Oriental Works of Art, London, 1995,
cat. no.116

來源：
The Oriental Art Gallery Ltd.，倫敦，1995年
David Bell Peck 三世（1922 – 2000）舊藏
紐約佳士得2014年9月18日，拍品編號604

出版及著錄：
The Oriental Art Gallery Ltd.，《Oriental Works of Art》，倫敦，
1995年，編號116

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

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