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QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL PHOENIX-HANDLED TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The censer is fashioned with two gilt-bronze handles to the shoulders cast as two stylised phoenix with their wings outspread. The feathers and backbone are finely detailed. The body of the censer is decorated with large lotus blooms on scrolling vines below a band of ruyi-heads to the shoulder and a further lotus band to the neck, all supported on three gilt-bronze and champlevé beast-head cabriole feet. The domed cover is decorated with openwork champlevé shou characters and wan symbols, all surmounted by an openwork floral finial.
10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) high overall
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The censer is fashioned with two gilt-bronze handles to the shoulders cast as two stylised phoenix with their wings outspread. The feathers and backbone are finely detailed. The body of the censer is decorated with large lotus blooms on scrolling vines below a band of ruyi-heads to the shoulder and a further lotus band to the neck, all supported on three gilt-bronze and champlevé beast-head cabriole feet. The domed cover is decorated with openwork champlevé shou characters and wan symbols, all surmounted by an openwork floral finial.
10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) high overall
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