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The present lot exhibits a rare feature in the The gilt-bronze sinuous chilong handles
treatment of the lotus, having a lotus pod and feet also exhibit the highest level
emerge from the lotus blossom. See a similar of craftsmanship at court; see a related
decoration of lotus pod in a lotus blossom, cloisonné enamel incense burner, first half
in a simplified form, on a cloisonné enamel 16th century, featuring the same gilt-bronze
long neck vase, Xuande mark and period, in feet and handles but decorated with cranes
the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in the amidst clouds, illustrated by H.Brinker and
Compendium of Collections in the Palace A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry
Museum: Enamels, 1, Beijing, 2011, no.54. Collection, Zurich, 1989, no.56. See also a
related cloisonné enamel incense burner and
cover with similar motif of lotus, Yuan dynasty,
illustrated in Ibid., no.9. A similar cloisonné
enamel and gilt-bronze incense burner, 16th/
early 17th century, was sold at Christie’s New
York, 22 March 2019, lot 1792. (invoice)

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