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The present lot is very rare due to its early date and unusual pale blue The present incense burner derives its shape from an archaic vessel,
ground. See a closely related turquoise-blue-ground cloisonné enamel liding, which had the body divided into three lobes. This shape
tripod incense burner, Yuan dynasty, illustrated in The Compendium appears to have been revisited during the fifteenth century; see
of Collections of the Palace Museum: Enamels, Cloisonné in the Yuan B.Quette, ibid., pp.94-95.
(1271-1368) and Ming (1368-1644) Dynasties, Beijing, 2011, pp.70-
71, no.10. See also a cloisonné enamel tripod incense burner, Ming A related incense burner, Ming dynasty, 15th century, was sold at
dynasty, illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Christie’s Paris, 9 June 2015, lot 54.
Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, no.54. A further example,
early Ming dynasty, is illustrated by B.Quette, Cloisonné. Chinese
Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, New York, 2011,
p.96, fig.5:25.

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