Lot Essay
Censers of this shape are very rare. Compare this very nice pair to another almost identical cloisonné enamel mandarin duck-form censer, also dated to the late Ming period, illustrated in Metal-Bodied Enamel Ware - The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong 2002, p.79, no.76.
See also a more elaborated Qianlong version of such mandarin-duck censers standing on a lotus base, sold in these Rooms, 22 November 2005, lot 123.
See also a more elaborated Qianlong version of such mandarin-duck censers standing on a lotus base, sold in these Rooms, 22 November 2005, lot 123.
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