AN IMPORTANT AND RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER

XUANDE PERIOD (1426-1435)

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AN IMPORTANT AND RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER
XUANDE PERIOD (1426-1435)
The censer is cast of circular section, finely enamelled around the shallow straight sides with a scrolling multi-coloured lotus band under the mouth rim bound with gilt-metal, flanked by a pair of 'S'-shaped handles, all supported on three ruyi-shaped feet.
13 in. (33.2 cm.) wide

Provenance

Bluett & Sons, London, 4 June 1985
Collection of Juan Jose Amezaga, sold at Christie's Paris, 13 June 2007, lot 1
S Marchant & Son, London
Sold at Sotheby's London, 15 May 2013, lot 259

Exhibited

S Marchant & Son, Recent Acquisitions, London, 2008, p. 6, no. 1

Sale room notice

Please note that the estimate of this lot is HKD$1,200,000-1,800,000

請注意此拍品估價為HKD$1,200,000-1,800,000

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Lot Essay

A slightly smaller Xuande tripod censer of this form, with replacement handles and liner dating to the 18th century, in Musée des Arts Décoratifs, is illustrated by Beatrice Quette, ed., in Cloisonne, Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, New York, Bard Graduate Center, 2011, p. 235, fig. no. 22.

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