A small cloisonné enamel incense burner. Qianlong period, 18th century - image-1

Lot 299 Rα

A small cloisonné enamel incense burner. Qianlong period, 18th century

Auction 1061 - overview Cologne
04.12.2015, 14:00 - Asian Art II - Chinese Paintings, Decorative Arts, Porcelain and Ceramics
Estimate: 10.000 € - 12.000 €
Result: 21.080 € (incl. premium)
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A small cloisonné enamel incense burner. Qianlong period, 18th 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 four character mark Qianlong nianzhi and of the period.
Height 9.8 cm

This type of cloisonné enamel object has been interpreted variously as incense burner or brushpot. Very similar vessels are known, also bearing in addition to the four character mark Qianlong a further character reading fu (H. Brinker and 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 character below the reign mark is not known.


清乾隆 銅胎掐絲法瑯如意蕃蓮紋三足爐

Provenance

Hermann von Mandl, Paris (paper label with the no. C-24) and paper label with four Chinese seal characters.