Lot Essay
See a very similar Qianlong period censer from the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, illustrated in Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, New York, 2011, p. 27, no. 110.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'PIGEON' CENSER AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'PIGEON' CENSER AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The censer is finely modelled in the form of a pigeon, the feathers delicately wired and enamelled in blue and green and the eyes are inset with red glass beads. The wings and back form a detachable cover.
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) long
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The censer is finely modelled in the form of a pigeon, the feathers delicately wired and enamelled in blue and green and the eyes are inset with red glass beads. The wings and back form a detachable cover.
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) long
Provenance
With Yamanaka & Co. Ltd., London, 2 October 1929.
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