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(US$13,000-20,000)
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A FINE LARGE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER
QIANLONG
The deep vessel with slightly rounded sides and large gilt-bronze dragon-carp handles, decorated with the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, supported by dragons issuing from lotus flowers on a dense foliate and floral ground reserved on turquoise, the domed cover with large ruyi panels containing lotus sprays on a cross-diaper ground around the large openwork dragon finial
22 in. (56 cm.) wide
QIANLONG
The deep vessel with slightly rounded sides and large gilt-bronze dragon-carp handles, decorated with the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, supported by dragons issuing from lotus flowers on a dense foliate and floral ground reserved on turquoise, the domed cover with large ruyi panels containing lotus sprays on a cross-diaper ground around the large openwork dragon finial
22 in. (56 cm.) wide