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Lot 155
Sale 397 - Asian Works of Art
Sep 21, 2015
4:59AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$6,000 -
8,000
Lot Description
A Large Cloisonne Enamel and Bronze Tripod Censor
LIKELY 20TH CENTURY
the bulbous body flanked by a pair of lion-mask and loose-ring handles, decorated with two shaped reserves, one enclosing chrysanthemum and bamboo emerging from rockery, the other flowering prunus branches and narcissus, all against a diaper and turquoise ground, further set on a yellow floral ground, raised on three curved paw shaped feet issuing from three applied lion masks, the base chased with a four-character Qianlong mark within a roundel, the cover having similar floral decoration with openworked panels showing lotus scrolls, surmounted by a large knot finial pierced with a sinuous five-clawed dragon pursuing the flaming pearl amongst clouds, set atop a double lotus base.
Height 24 1/4 inches.
