A FINE AND RARE PART-GILT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL DRAGON AND PHOENIX CENSER AND COVER

Estimated Value:

8.000 € - 12.000 €

Schätzpreis:

22.000 €

Description:

China, late Qianlong/Jiaqing period
H. 45 cm
Around bodyfour excellently reticulated panels with dragon-phoenix motif. The cover with knob in the shape of a fire-gilded mythical creature.
Old European private collection, in the family since before World War II
A similar incense burner with gilt lion on the lid, is illustrated in The Prime Cultural Relics Collected by Shenyang Imperial Palace Museum - The Enamel Volume, Shenyang, 2007, p. 147, fig. 1 - Compare also the example with Qianlong mark (55 cm high) from the Mandel Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30.5.2012, lot 3908 - Very minor traces of age

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