AN IMPERIAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER, YAN

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AN IMPERIAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER, YAN
QIANLONG CAST FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

The body with deep, rounded sides, enamelled with pendant blade panels containing taotie masks, all between key and wan-fret borders, the rim outlined with a gilt border and surmounted by two gilt handles imitating rope twists, all supported on gilt tripod feet with taotie masks and scrolls, the cover similarly decorated and topped with a gilt dragon finial
18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare with a similar yan of smaller size also with a Qianlong mark in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Cloisonne Enamel Ware, The Complete Collection of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, no. 114. For another example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, see Enamel Ware in the Ming and Qing Dynasty, Taiwan, 1999, no. 58.

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