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A rare cloisonné enamel tripod incense burner and cover, ding
The bulbous body supported on three gilt-decorated makara feet, flanked by a pair of gilt-decorated ruyi handles, brightly enamelled with leafy lotus arranged in a continuous meander on a turquoise ground, the cover similarly decorated with gilded openwork scrolling tendrils in the form of a ruyi-head, surmounted by a reticulated finial with a coiling dragon. 53cm (20½in) high (2).
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Provenance: a European private collection
清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋雙如意耳鼎式蓋爐
來源:歐洲私人收藏
Ruyi literally translates 'as you wish' and the ruyi was a very popular gift during the reign of Qianlong, symbolising the desire that the recipient's wishes come true. In the present lot, this wish is symbolised in the handles, and combined with the dragon finial, would have been understood as conveying this blessing possibly upon the Emperor.
Compare very similar enamelled ruyi handles set on a cloisonné enamelled censer and cover, mid Qing Dynasty, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated by Zheng Xinmiao, ed., Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels, 3, Cloisonné in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Beijing and Hefei, 2011, pl.232.


