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A VERY FINE CLOISONNE ENAMEL CENSER AND COVER

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A VERY FINE CLOISONNE ENAMEL CENSER AND COVER
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The censer is cast in the form of an archaic bronze liding with a tri-lobed body raised on three short tapering legs and a pair of rope-twist handles rising from the rim. The exterior of the body and the legs are finely decorated with lotus scrolls below a band of florettes encircling the neck. The gilt-bronze cover is cast in openwork with a pair of dragons confronting the flaming pearl amid clouds, below a bud-form finial cast with interlinked ruyi clouds.
7 in. (18 cm.) high, box

Provenance
A New England private collection


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A VERY FINE CLOISONNE ENAMEL CENSER AND COVER
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The censer is cast in the form of an archaic bronze liding with a tri-lobed body raised on three short tapering legs and a pair of rope-twist handles rising from the rim. The exterior of the body and the legs are finely decorated with lotus scrolls below a band of florettes encircling the neck. The gilt-bronze cover is cast in openwork with a pair of dragons confronting the flaming pearl amid clouds, below a bud-form finial cast with interlinked ruyi clouds.
7 in. (18 cm.) high, box

Provenance
A New England private collection

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03 Dec 2021
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