ID 807291
Lot 816 | A VERY FINE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CENSER AND GILT-BRONZE COVER
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The censer is cast with a tri-lobed body raised on three short tapering legs and a pair of rope-twist handles rising from the rim. The exterior of the body and the legs are finely decorated with lotus scrolls below a band of florets encircling the neck. The gilt-bronze cover is cast in openwork with a pair of dragons contesting a flaming pearl amidst clouds, below a bud-form finial cast with conjoined ruyi clouds.
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high, brocade box
Provenance
Private collection, New England.
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Enamel, Plastic |
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| Historical era: | Kangxi period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Enamel, Plastic |
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| Historical era: | Kangxi period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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