Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 23rd November 2021
Lot 2062
A CHINESE IMPERIAL CLOISONNE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER
Estimate £15,000 - £20,000 | Hammer £15000
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Description
A CHINESE IMPERIAL CLOISONNE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER, DING
QIANLONG 1736-95
The exterior decorated with lappets containing archaistic scrolls and stylised lotus sprays, with bosses formed as flowerheads contained between raised bands above, with two upright loop handles decorated with mythical beast masks rising from the rim, the cover pierced with a continuous band of scrolling lotus, surmounted by an openwork ovoid finial formed as a ferocious dragon writhing amongst swirling clouds, all raised on three tall cylindrical feet, 1.1kg, 24.7cm. (2)
Provenance: a private English collection, purchased in Cheltenham in the early 1970s.
Cf. Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Enamels, 3, Cloisonné in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), p.213, no.178 for a related tripod incense burner with a similar finial.