Lot 259 , A Chinese cloisonné enamel tripod censer, Li, Xuande six character mark, Ming dynasty, 16th century

A Chinese cloisonné enamel tripod censer, Li, Xuande six character mark, Ming dynasty, 16th century, the rim with a pair of rope twist looped handles, decorated in yellow, red, blue, white and green enamels with Indian lotus flowers and scrolling foliage on a turquoise blue ground, the base with cast six character mark, 19cm across, height to handle 14.5cm, with later hongmu cover and stand, the cover inset with a pale celadon jade figure of an immortal, possibly Song dynasty, 3.7cm.

cf. two related censers each with a pair of 'rope-twist' handles, attributed to the mid-Ming dynasty, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo jin yin boli falangqi quanji [Complete works of Chinese gold, silver, glass and enamelware], vol. 5: Falangqi I [Enamelware I], Shijiazhuang, 2002, pls 77 and 78; and another, attributed to Ming dynasty, 16th century, sold at Sotheby’s, London, Monochrome | Important Chinese Art sale, 2nd November 2022, lot 287.
£3,000-5,000

Condition:
Typical fritting and minor losses to the enamels, the wood cover with a minor chip to the inner flange, otherwise in good condition.

Sold for £3,600