A rare cloisonné enamel tripod incense burner

15th century

15th century
Of curved cylindrical form supported on three legs, expertly enamelled around the exterior with large lotus blooms in yellow, white and purple borne on leafy scrolls, all on a dark lapis-blue ground, the mouth with a further floral band on an emerald-green ground. 11.1cm (4 1/2in) diam.

十五世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯蓮紋三足爐

Provenance: Mrs Gret Hasler (1895-1971), Winterthur, Switzerland, and thence by descent

A trip to New York, Chicago and Washington in 1937 was the starting point for Mrs Gret Hasler's interest in Chinese art. This she continued until the Second World War by acquiring objects from dealers in Paris, Sweden and New York.

來源：瑞士溫特圖爾Gret Hasler夫人（1895-1971）舊藏，並由後人保存迄今

Gret Hasler夫人對中國藝術的興趣始於1937年的紐約、芝加哥和華盛頓之行。此後，她持續自巴黎、瑞典和紐約的古董商處購藏藝術品，直至第二次世界大戰後。

See a related cylindrical cloisonné enamel brush holder on three feet, decorated with grape vines, second half 15th century, illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York and London, 1989, no.31. Compare also with a cloisonné enamel tripod incense burner, early Ming dynasty, illustrated by B.Quette, ed., Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, New York, 2011, p.231, no.14.