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A Chinese gilt-bronze and cloisonne tripod censer
in three sections, decorated overall in coloured enamels with lotus flowers and scrolling foliage, bands of ruyi-heads, and butterflies amongst blossoming branches, the domed cover with spherical finial pierced with scrolling lotus above cylindrical mid-section with pierced rectangular panels of bats amongst cloud scrolls, the base with wide flat rim above elephant mask feet -- 20½in. (52cm.) high, 18th Century, (small areas of enamel loss, surface pitting, minor dents, old wear.)
See Colour Plate 48.
in three sections, decorated overall in coloured enamels with lotus flowers and scrolling foliage, bands of ruyi-heads, and butterflies amongst blossoming branches, the domed cover with spherical finial pierced with scrolling lotus above cylindrical mid-section with pierced rectangular panels of bats amongst cloud scrolls, the base with wide flat rim above elephant mask feet -- 20½in. (52cm.) high, 18th Century, (small areas of enamel loss, surface pitting, minor dents, old wear.)
See Colour Plate 48.
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