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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘BATS AND RUYI’ TRIPOD CENSER
AND COVER
Late Qing dynasty/Early Republic period
The body of compressed globular form, flanked by opposing scroll-
form handles and supported on three cabriole legs, each handle and
leg surmounted by a ruyi head decorated with five bats surrounding
a stylized shou character, the top of the domed cover with a ruyi
collar set against a reticulated ground of further bats and clouds,
surmounted by a pierced dragon and cloud finial, the main surfaces
decorated with stylized lotus blossoms and scrolling foliage.
15 3/4in (40cm) high
$4,000 - 6,000
清末/民初 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮如意紋三足蓋爐
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