BRULE-PARFUM EN EMAUX CLOISONNES

CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVIEME SIECLE

Details

BRULE-PARFUM EN EMAUX CLOISONNES
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVIEME SIECLE
The compressed globular censer is decorated to the exterior with clusters of grapes and leafy scrolls, with various open-form flower heads depicted to the underside. There is a pair of upright loop handles rising from the mouth rim, and the censer is supported on three short tapered feet.
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) wide

Further details

A CLOISONNE ENAMEL 'GRAPES' TRIPOD CENSER
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

A censer of a very similar shape and design to the present lot is in the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum- 43 - Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, Hong Kong, 2002, p. 16, pl. 14. Also compare this to a censer illustrated by Brinker and Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, Asia Society Galleries, New York, 1989, no. 54.

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