ID 432501
Lot 77 | A RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER WITH E...
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
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.
| Medium: | Acrylic glass |
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| Auction house category: | Icons, Religious items |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass |
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| Auction house category: | Icons, Religious items |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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