A CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, WANLI PERIOD
the straight-sided circular body brightly enamelled with a band of large lotus heads borne on a leafy scroll, rising to a broad everted foliate rim decorated with six shou characters flanked by pairs of dragons, set to either side with a large pair of gilt chilong handles, the beasts grasping the rim with their claws and looking into the vessel, all supported on three elephant-head feet, the sides of the high cover pierced with an archaistic gilt dragon band within floral scroll bands, the domed top section pierced and gilt with a band enclosing three large ferocious dragons writhing amidst cloud scrolls, all surmounted by a pierced gilt dragon finial, wood stand
Quantity: 3
27cm., 10 1/2 in. high