A PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-COPPER INCENSE BURNER HOLDERS

JIAQING PERIOD (1796 - 1820)

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A PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-COPPER INCENSE BURNER HOLDERS
JIAQING PERIOD (1796 - 1820)
Each of hexagonal form, the waisted base decorated with petal lappets above a shaped apron cast with lotus sprays between the ruyi-head feet, below an openwork railing at the edge of the platform centered by a waisted, hollow pedestal surrounded by six slender columns that rise to a canopy roof with archaistic bird-heads projecting from the corners and with a faceted finial
21¾ in. (55.2 cm.) high (2)

拍品專文

A pair of cylindrical incense burners of similar type with hexagonal canopy, and with a pierced jade cylinder in the center, are shown on tables flanking a throne in the Palace of Eternal Spring, one of the Six West Palaces in the Forbidden City, Beijing, as illustrated by Wan-go Weng and Yang Boda, The Palace Museum: Peking, New York, 1982, p. 71.