A small cloisonné enamel incense burner. 18th/19th century - image-1

Lot 289 Rα

A small cloisonné enamel incense burner. 18th/19th century

Auction 1053 - overview Cologne
03.06.2015, 14:00 - Chinese Decorative Arts, Tibet/Nepal, India, South-East Asia
Estimate: 4.500 € - 5.500 €
Result: 5.580 € (incl. premium)

A small cloisonné enamel incense burner. 18th/19th century

A small cloisonné enamel incense burner of cylindrical shape on three gilded ruyi-shaped feet, displaying large lotus and scrolls with buds and small leaves on a medium blue ground. At the base a probably apocryphal four-character mark Qianlong nian zhi. New gilding to the base. 18th/19th century.
Height 9 cm; diameter 8.8 cm

This type of cloisonné object has been interpreted variously as incense burner or brushpot. Very similar vessels are known, however they bear in addition to the four character mark Qianlong a further character reading fu (H. Brinker und A. Lutz, Chinesisches Cloisonné. Die Sammlung Uldry, Zürich 1985, cat. no. 248), yin (reason or cause) (Gerard Hawthorn Ltd. Oriental Art, Oriental Works of Art, London 2003, no. 25) or shi (Sotheby's, London, 6.11.2013, lot 136). The reason for the additional mark below the reign mark is not known.

清十八/十九世紀 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋三足爐《乾隆年製》款
來源:歐洲私人收藏

Provenance

European private collection