A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER MING DYNASTY, 16TH- EARLY 17TH CENTURY The compressed body is raised on three gilt-bronze elephant-form supports, and decorated around the sides with six large lotus blossoms borne on scrolling leafy tendrils, below a green-ground border of flower-heads, and above seven further flower-heads on the base. A pair of gilt-bronze handles formed as coiled chilong rise from the everted rim. 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam. Provenance
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER MING DYNASTY, 16TH- EARLY 17TH CENTURY The compressed body is raised on three gilt-bronze elephant-form supports, and decorated around the sides with six large lotus blossoms borne on scrolling leafy tendrils, below a green-ground border of flower-heads, and above seven further flower-heads on the base. A pair of gilt-bronze handles formed as coiled chilong rise from the everted rim. 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam. Provenance
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