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68 (part lot)

68
A rArE CloisonnÉ EnAmEl inCEnsE BurnEr
Kangxi
The bombé-form censer decorated to the exterior with scrolling lotus
flower head meander, all on a turquoise ground, flanked with intricate
lion head handles, replaced baseplate; together with three gilt-bronze
Buddhist implements. 18cm (7 1/8in) wide (4).

£2,500 - 3,000 HK$30,000 - 36,000
CNY24,000 - 29,000

The present lot is part of a series of cloisonné wares that Brinker and
Lutz definitively date to the Kangxi period. As a group they exhibit
a revival of the 15th century decorative style and are unusual in the
thickness of the enamels and the application of the blue-green base
colour to all the cells. Compare the present lot with plates 202, 203 &
205, including a tripod incense burner, Kangxi mark and of the period,
in Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, London 1989.

69
A ChAmPlEVÉ EnAmEllEd inCEnsE BurnEr And CoVEr
18th/19th century
With lion-mask tripod feet and dragon handles, the globular body finely
carved with a luxuriant lotus and foliage scroll interspersed with ‘shou’
roundels beneath a lotus lappet at the shoulder and a further scroll at
the neck, all on a turquoise-green ground, the cover, partly reticulated,
decorated en-suite, the reticulated finial with lotus and cash design.
25cm (9 7/8in) high (2).

£2,000 - 3,000 HK$24,000 - 36,000 69
CNY19,000 - 29,000

Provenance
Collection of Guido Segre, Italian Consul to Tianjin (Tientsin) 1925-
1927 and thence by descent.

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