Details
A LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL INCENSE BURNER AND COVER
QIANLONG
The bulbous body decorated with a wide band of lotus scroll interspersed with wan emblems and beribboned chimes below a band of ruyi heads, with a pair of gilt-copper carp handles, the jar attached on the underside of the separate base by five bats, the wufu, each positioned behind one of the five ruyi feet on which the base is raised, the domed cover with a band of pierced lotus scroll interrupted by blue-enameled, linked scrolls set between a band of detached foliate scrolls below and a band of petal lappets above at the base of the large knop finial cast and pierced with vaporous clouds, some losses to enamels
18 3/4in. (47.6cm.) high
QIANLONG
The bulbous body decorated with a wide band of lotus scroll interspersed with wan emblems and beribboned chimes below a band of ruyi heads, with a pair of gilt-copper carp handles, the jar attached on the underside of the separate base by five bats, the wufu, each positioned behind one of the five ruyi feet on which the base is raised, the domed cover with a band of pierced lotus scroll interrupted by blue-enameled, linked scrolls set between a band of detached foliate scrolls below and a band of petal lappets above at the base of the large knop finial cast and pierced with vaporous clouds, some losses to enamels
18 3/4in. (47.6cm.) high