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(US$4,000-5,000)
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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
Raised on three cabriole legs and applied with a pair of upright flange handles rising from the rim, the mottled green ground with splashes of red and yellow in imitation of archaic bronze patina, all under ornate gilt decoration of alternating bats and taotie masks above a lappet band around the compressed bulbous body, the ground entirely covered with key pattern, the reticulated cover with similar gilt decoration and surmounted by a spherical finial
7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) high, stand
18TH CENTURY
Raised on three cabriole legs and applied with a pair of upright flange handles rising from the rim, the mottled green ground with splashes of red and yellow in imitation of archaic bronze patina, all under ornate gilt decoration of alternating bats and taotie masks above a lappet band around the compressed bulbous body, the ground entirely covered with key pattern, the reticulated cover with similar gilt decoration and surmounted by a spherical finial
7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) high, stand
(US$4,000-5,000)