A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'ELEPHANT-HEAD HANDLE' TRIPOD CENSERS AND COVERS, QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER INCISED MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'ELEPHANT-HEAD HANDLE' TRIPOD CENSERS AND COVERS
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER INCISED MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each censer is decorated with scrolling lotus tendrils on a turquoise ground, supported on three caparisoned elephant-head legs set with hardstones. The reticulated and tiered cover is decorated with further lotus scrolls below an elephant-form finial.
12 ½ in. (31.7 cm.) high

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Pre-Lot Text
THE COLLECTION OF DRUE HEINZ (1915-2018)