BRULE-PARFUM TRIPODE EN EMAUX CLOISONNE

CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVIEME-XVIIEME SIECLE

Details

BRULE-PARFUM TRIPODE EN EMAUX CLOISONNE
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVIEME-XVIIEME SIECLE
The globular body is raised on three gilt-bronze elephant supports and is decorated around the sides with six large lotus blossoms borne on scrolling leafy tendrils, with a large multicolored, spiralled flower head in the centre of the base, and with a pair of gilt-bronze handles formed as coiled chilong ; replacements.
6 5/8 in. (17 cm.) high

Provenance

Collection of the late Laurent Kadé (1933-1990), France, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Further details

A CLOISONNE ENAMEL 'LOTUS' TRIPOD CENSER
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

A smaller cloisonné enamel censer, featuring comparable gilt-bronze feet and handles, although decorated with cranes amidst clouds, is illustrated by H. Brinker and A. Lutz in Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, Zurich, 1989, no. 56, where it is dated first half 16th century. See a similar tripod censer, dated 16th-17th century, sold at Christie's, New York, 15 September 2011, lot 1203.

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