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Lot 204
A rare cloisonné enamel tripod censer 16th century
13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£8,000 - £12,000
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Find your local specialistA rare cloisonné enamel tripod censer
16th century
The compressed globular body rising to the short slightly tapering neck and flat rim, flanked by a pair of chilong dragon handles, supported on three elephant legs, enamelled on the base with a radiating lotus encircled on the body with a continuous lotus scroll below a ruyi-head border, the neck with S scrolls, all reserved on a turquoise ground.
18.2cm (7⅛in) wide.
The compressed globular body rising to the short slightly tapering neck and flat rim, flanked by a pair of chilong dragon handles, supported on three elephant legs, enamelled on the base with a radiating lotus encircled on the body with a continuous lotus scroll below a ruyi-head border, the neck with S scrolls, all reserved on a turquoise ground.
18.2cm (7⅛in) wide.
Footnotes
Provenance: an Italian private collection, Lombardy, collection no.98.
Compare two related cloisonné enamel censers with related chilong dragon handles, and one also with similar elephant supports, attributed to the first half 16th century, illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonne: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, pls.54 and 56.














