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PROPERTY FROM THE DANA B. POLLARD COLLECTION
A CLOISONNE ENAMEL BLACK-GROUND TRIPOD CENSER
19TH CENTURY
Details
A CLOISONNE ENAMEL BLACK-GROUND TRIPOD CENSER
19TH CENTURY
The compressed body and legs of the censer are decorated with scattered flowers in delicate colors surrounded by gilt-copper tendrils and reserved on a black ground below a band of ruyi heads on the shoulder. The domed cover is cast in openwork with lotus scroll that surrounds three large ruyi-head panels enclosing bats below the openwork gilt-metal knob, and the everted rim is shaped to accomodate the pair of upright handles that rise from the rim of the censer.
6¾ in. (17 cm.) high, wood stand
19TH CENTURY
The compressed body and legs of the censer are decorated with scattered flowers in delicate colors surrounded by gilt-copper tendrils and reserved on a black ground below a band of ruyi heads on the shoulder. The domed cover is cast in openwork with lotus scroll that surrounds three large ruyi-head panels enclosing bats below the openwork gilt-metal knob, and the everted rim is shaped to accomodate the pair of upright handles that rise from the rim of the censer.
6¾ in. (17 cm.) high, wood stand
Provenance
Private collection, Palm Springs, California, 1995.
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