A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL QUAIL-FORM INCENSE BURNERS

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A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL QUAIL-FORM INCENSE BURNERS
QIANLONG/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Each a mirror image of the other, with head turned to the side, the breast of the turquoise body streaked in white, and the wing feathers on the removeable cover executed in multi-colored enamels--5 1/4 in. (13.3cm.) high, metal stands (2)

Lot Essay

Similar examples are illustrated by Brinker and Lutz, Chinese Cloisonne: The Pierre Uldry Collection, pl. 330, a pair in the Edward R. Bacon Collection, illustrated in Chinese Art Objects, New York, 1919, pl. LVI, no. 549 and by Claudia Brown, Chinese Cloisonne, The Clague Collection, 1980, pl. 61