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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
1209
A VERY RARE IMPERIAL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER This very rare censer belongs to a small group of cloisonné pieces bearing
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN ENAMEL WITHIN A RECTANGLE prominent Wanli marks within a rectangle and encircled by ruyi heads.
AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619) Compare several cloisonné vessels in the Qing Court Collection bearing
Wanli marks of this type, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures
The compressed body is fanked by a pair of upright ruyi-form handles
of the Palace Museum - 43 - Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, Hong Kong, 2002,
and decorated overall with foral scrolls surrounding wan (ten thousand)
pp. 51-56, nos. 49, 50, 52, 53, and 54.
and shou (longevity) roundels alternating with peach branches.
明萬曆 掐絲琺瑯「萬壽」如意耳三足爐 六字楷書款
10 in. (25.4 cm.) wide across handles
$20,000-30,000
(base)
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