A PAIR OF MAGNIFICENT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE 'LOTUS' INCENSE BURNERS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD each cast with a cylindrical body resting on three cabriole 'elephant-head' feet, decorated in bright cloisonné enamels with lotus blooms borne on curling foliate stems, all against a bright turquoise ground, the cover cast and reticulated with a pair of dragons flanking a 'flaming pearl' above a band of crashing waves, encircling a tall finial reticulated with an en face dragon to the top and a further writhing dragon coiling around a 'flaming pearl' to the the sides, the interior set with a tray-like liner 28.6 and 28 cm, 11 1/4 and 11 in.
A PAIR OF MAGNIFICENT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE 'LOTUS' INCENSE BURNERS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD each cast with a cylindrical body resting on three cabriole 'elephant-head' feet, decorated in bright cloisonné enamels with lotus blooms borne on curling foliate stems, all against a bright turquoise ground, the cover cast and reticulated with a pair of dragons flanking a 'flaming pearl' above a band of crashing waves, encircling a tall finial reticulated with an en face dragon to the top and a further writhing dragon coiling around a 'flaming pearl' to the the sides, the interior set with a tray-like liner 28.6 and 28 cm, 11 1/4 and 11 in.
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