A RARE LARGE CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Raised on three cabriole legs issuing from monster masks and terminating in upswept leaf-form feet, decorated all over with lotus scroll repeated on the bulbous body flanked by a pair of applied lion mask and ring handles, beneath a border of lappets and the neck decorated with archaistic kui dragons confronted on stylized bosses, the everted rim decorated with a border of key fret, the domed cover with a gilt-copper-border of articulated dragons beneath further lotus scroll and the tall gilt-copper knob with dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls amidst openwork clouds
24 in. (60.9 cm.) high
A RARE LARGE CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Raised on three cabriole legs issuing from monster masks and terminating in upswept leaf-form feet, decorated all over with lotus scroll repeated on the bulbous body flanked by a pair of applied lion mask and ring handles, beneath a border of lappets and the neck decorated with archaistic kui dragons confronted on stylized bosses, the everted rim decorated with a border of key fret, the domed cover with a gilt-copper-border of articulated dragons beneath further lotus scroll and the tall gilt-copper knob with dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls amidst openwork clouds
24 in. (60.9 cm.) high
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