A SMALL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER

A SMALL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK INSCRIBED IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The censer is raised on three legs surmounted by lion masks and decorated around the sides with lotus scroll interrupted by a pair of lion mask and loose ring handles. The cover has further lotus scroll-decorated areas of ruyi shape that interrupt openwork cloud scroll below a Buddhist lion finial. The mark is inscribed on a gilt-bronze plaque in the center of the underside.
6 in. (15.1 cm.) high, wood stand