Rare brûle-parfum en bronze doré et émaux cloisonnés Dynastie Qing, époque Kangxi

la partie inférieure polylobée reposant sur un pied ajouré évasé, le corps décoré de quatre panneaux à motifs de branches fleuries émergeant des rochers sur fond turquoise, surmonté d’une large frise ajourée de volutes et dragons serpentant en bronze doré, l’épaule agrémentée d’une bande de rinceaux fleuris se répétant sur la partie supérieure du brûle-parfum, les lèvres imitant le bambou, les anses en « U » renversé à décor de dragons affrontés, la dorure d'une belle teinte dorée, la base dorée et avec une marque incisée Jingtai nian zhi

The upper part of the censer made separately and attached on the interior to the shoulder of the vessel. The foot soldered onto the rim of the base at a later point. There is overall wear to the rich gilding and some overall losses to the enamels, particularly around the foot and other rounded parts of the design, some of them filled in at a later point. The upper part of one handle is broken and reattached.
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Few gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamel baskets are known, compare this rare example with a pair of hexagonal hanging baskets, dated to the Wanli period, sold Christie's Hong Kong, 29th and 30th September 1995, lot 622. Compare also with another cloisonné enamel hanging basket in the Uldry collection similarly dated to the late 17th century, illustrated in Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz, Chinese Cloisonne. The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, pl. 161.