A gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamel tripod incense burner


Incised Qianlong four-character mark and of the periodThe compressed globular body rising from three straight short legs to a waisted neck surmounted by a gilt everted rim, flanked by a pair of gilt mythical beast handles, the body vibrantly enamelled in yellow, red, pink, white and blue with blossoming lotus amidst foliate scrolls, beneath a ruyi-head border, all on a turquoise ground. 14cm (5 1/2in) high.
|清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯香爐陰刻「乾隆年製」楷書款Provenance:Sotheby's Paris, 9 June 2011, lot 74A distinguished Asian private collection來源：巴黎蘇富比，2011年6月9日，拍品74顯赫亞洲私人收藏See a cloisonné enamel tripod incense burner of a similar form but of a slightly larger size, incised four-character Qianlong mark and period, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 2, Beijing, 2011, pl.196. For cloisonné enamel tripod incense burners of related form, Qianlong mark and period, see also ibid., pls.197 and 200. It is rare to find similar gilt mythical-beast handles as in the present lot, however, compare the present gilt handles to the ones on a cloisonné enamel 'lotus' vase, Qianlong mark and period, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in ibid., pl.173.Compare with a cloisonné enamel and gilt-bronze tripod incense burner, Qianlong mark and period, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 May 2010, lot 274.與本器造型相類者，可參考北京故宮博物藏一件清乾隆帶四字款掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋朝冠耳三足爐，見《故宮博物院藏品大系：琺瑯器編2清掐絲琺瑯》，北京，2011年，編號196。其他清乾隆類似造型的掐絲琺瑯三足爐，再參考編號197及200。本器所飾的鎏金雙獸耳較為罕見，類似鎏金獸耳可對比北京故宮一件清乾隆纏枝蓮紋夔龍耳瓶，見同著錄，編號173。香港邦瀚斯亦曾售出一件清乾隆銅胎掐絲琺瑯三足爐可資比較，2010年5月28日，拍品274。