A CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER

18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The censer with compressed globular body raised on three cabriole legs issuing from gilt-metal dragon masks, the compressed body decorated with six quadrilobed reserves enclosing sprays of peach, camellia, pomegranate, begonia, finger citron and chrysanthemum, each above a lotus spray, with a pair of winged dragon handles, the domed cover with further cartouches of flowering branches surrounded by openwork lotus scroll below an openwork dragon and cloud finial
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high

Lot Essay

A similar cloisonné enamel tripod censer and cover is illustrated in The Crawford Bequest, Chinese Objects in the Collection of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island and School of Design, Brown University, Rhode Island, 1993, p. 110, no. 76.

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