*A rare Chinese cloisonné incense burner four character Jingtai mark and of the period 1450-1456, the body raised on three elephant head feet and with two curling dragon handles, decorated with the Three Friends of Winter on a turquoise ground, beneath a band of lingzhi fungus and leaves, the interior gilt, 19cm.

Provenance: formerly in a private Swiss collection.

Cf. Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Enamels I, pp.162, 163, 288 and 289, for examples with related decoration.