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10 - [INCENSE CULTURE] CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'GRAPE' TRIPOD CENSER
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£5,000 - 7,000 (€5,900 - 8,400)Sale fees
[INCENSE CULTURE] CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'GRAPE' TRIPOD CENSER MING DYNASTY 明 銅胎掐絲琺瑯葡萄紋三足爐 帶後配銅鎏金鏤空纏枝蓮紋圓蓋the compressed body raised on three conical supports, decorated around the sides with leafy, fruiting grape vine reserved on a turquoise ground below a band of flower heads encircling the shallow neck, with a later reticulated gilt-bronze cover with lotus in tendrils 14cm wide; 431.5g A similar censer is illustrated by Brinker and Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, Asia Society Galleries, New York, 1989, no. 54. Another closely comparable tripod censer with grape decoration, dated to Ming dynasty 16th century, with later fitted dragon handles dated to the 18th century and pierced cover, was sold at Christie's London, 13 May 2008, lot 43.
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