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A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD ‘DRAGON’ Cloisonné enamel tripod incense burners decorated with two dragons
INCENSE BURNER AND COVER pursuing the a flaming pearl such as the present lot are extremely rare.
16th century See three related cloisonné enamel dishes, Wanli marks and period,
The compressed globular body enamelled with one green and one red
confronted five-clawed dragon reaching towards a red flaming pearl, decorated with two dragons of similar style to the present lot, including
the two handles formed as bearded and crested winged dragons, the a large cloisonné enamel ‘dragon’ dish (51cm diam.) with a foliate-rim
cover with three Shou-characters amidst cloud scrolls beneath the in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection
reticulated gilt finial with a floral stem amid cloud scrolls, wood stand of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Metal-bodied Enamel Ware,
carved with lotus and peach. Hong Kong, 2002, no.47; another slightly smaller (50cm diam.) dish
19cm (7 1/2in) wide. (3). in the British Museum, illustrated by H.Garner Chinese and Japanese
Cloisonné Enamels, London, 1962, pl.F (acc.no.1885,1227.79); the
HKD120,000 - 150,000 third example of smaller size (48cm diam.) in the National Palace
US$15,000 - 19,000 Museum, Taipei, is illustrated in Enamel Ware in the Ming and Ch’ing
Dynasty, Taipei, 1999, no.11.
十六世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯雙龍戲珠雙耳蓋爐
For a further related large Wanli mark and period dish decorated with
similar dragons, see Lot 20 in this catalogue.

雙龍戲珠紋飾的掐絲琺瑯三足爐非常少見，參看三件萬曆款的掐絲琺瑯
大盤，所飾龍紋樣式與此件蓋爐非常接近，一件藏於北京故宮博物院，
《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系：金屬胎琺瑯器》，香港，2002年，編
號47；一件藏於大英博物館，H. Garner著，《 Chinese and Japanese
Cloisonné Enamels》，倫敦，1962年，圖版F；第三件在台北故宮博物
院，著錄於《明清琺瑯器展覽圖錄》，台北，1999年，編號11。

另可參考 一件萬曆款龍紋大盤，見本圖錄中第20號拍品

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