A RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER 掐絲琺瑯纏枝番蓮紋三足爐

the compressed globular body raised on three tapered legs issuing from mythical beast masks, applied with a pair of upright handles, the body richly enamelled with a continuous register of meandering lotus against a turquoise-blue ground, with a classic scroll against a red ground at the rim, the handles decorated in champlevé enamels with geometric scrolls in red, blue and green, the rims and details gilt

14.8 cm