Asian Art I - 22nd May 2013
Lot 189
A rare Chinese cloisonné incense stick holder Qianlong 1736-95
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £6600
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Description
A rare Chinese cloisonné incense stick holder Qianlong 1736-95, with four ruyi-head shaped panels each containing a dragon on a green ground, the base with a scrolling lotus design on a rich blue ground, 12cm.
Cf. A Special Exhibition of Incense Burners and Perfumers Throughout the Dynasties, National Palace Museum, No.95 for a similar example. And also, Chinese Cloisonné, The Clague Collection, p.116, pl.51.
清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯如意龍紋香插