Lot Essay
Previously sold in these Rooms, 19 June 1967, lot 190
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18TH CENTURY
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A FINE AND LARGE PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL QILIN CENSERS AND COVERS
18th century
Each sturdy beast standing four-square on powerful legs with sharpened claws, the rounded body enamelled with blue scales reserved with burgundy flames and a pale mauve chest, applied with a gilt-bronze band suspending a bell and tassels, the detachable tail in multi-coloured stripes, the separate head with fiercely-glaring eyes and open jaws below pricked ears and the bifurcated horn, one chest bruise, minor enamel losses
21 in. (53 cm.) high (2)
18th century
Each sturdy beast standing four-square on powerful legs with sharpened claws, the rounded body enamelled with blue scales reserved with burgundy flames and a pale mauve chest, applied with a gilt-bronze band suspending a bell and tassels, the detachable tail in multi-coloured stripes, the separate head with fiercely-glaring eyes and open jaws below pricked ears and the bifurcated horn, one chest bruise, minor enamel losses
21 in. (53 cm.) high (2)