A RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER WITH E...

Lot 77
03.11.2020 14:00UTC +00:00
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£ 58 750
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Lot 77 | A RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER WITH E...
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£ 10 000 – 15 000
A RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER WITH ELEPHANT FEET

MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY

The censer is finely decorated in bright enamels with large red, yellow, white, turquoise and blue lotus heads on scrolling leafy stems. It is supported on a gilt bronze stand with three gilt bronze elephant-head feet. Each handle is skillfully cast as a mythical beast, its head turned back over its body, decorated in champleve enamels. The base is cast with a four-character Jingtai mark within a recessed rectangle.

8 7/8 in. (22.7 cm.) diam.

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