A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF MINIATURE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CENSERS

Estimated Value:

5.000 € - 8.000 €

Result:

15.540 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

China, Qianlong period
H. 15 cm
Each cast with a basin rising to a wide foliate-shaped rim, on three elephant-head legs, the main body comprising of two detachable cylindrical chimneys with openwork lotus panels, on top with a domed cover with openwork lotus decor and a finial on a lotus base with bats and clouds.
Sarimex Collection Basel, acquired by Klages Collection 29.12.1971 (invoice preserved)
A similar slightly larger pair of small cloisonné enamel part-gilt censers (h. 24,8 cm) was sold at Christie’s N.Y., 16.9.1999, lot 221. See also ‚Chinese Incense Burners - Collection of Steven Hung & Lindy Chern‘, National Museum of History, Taipei, April 2000, p. 42, no. 10. Compare also with a pair of cloisonné enamel censers of the other extreme, two massive ones of similar type, see Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8.4.2014, lot 3103 - Minor traces of age and very minor losses to enamels

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