16th century The compressed globular body enamelled with one green and one red confronted five-clawed dragon reaching towards a red flaming pearl, the two handles formed as bearded and crested winged dragons, the cover with three Shou-characters amidst cloud scrolls beneath the reticulated gilt-bronze finial with a floral stem amid cloud scrolls, wood stand carved with lotus and peach. 19cm (7 1/2in) wide. (3). 注脚 十六世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯雙龍戲珠雙耳蓋爐 Cloisonné enamel tripod incense burners decorated with two dragons pursuing the flaming pearl such as the present lot are extremely rare. See three related cloisonné enamel dishes, Wanli marks and period, decorated with two dragons of similar style to the present lot, including a large cloisonné enamel 'dragon' dish (51cm diam.) with a foliate-rim in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, Hong Kong, 2002, no.47; another slightly smaller (50cm diam.) dish in the British Museum, is illustrated by H.Garner Chinese and Japanese Cloisonné Enamels, London, 1962, pl.F (acc.no.1885,1227.79); the third example of smaller size (48cm diam.) in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated in Enamel Ware in the Ming and Ch'ing Dynasty, Taipei, 1999, no.11. For a further related large Wanli marked and period dish decorated with similar dragons, see Lot 20 in this catalogue. 雙龍戲珠紋飾的掐絲琺瑯三足爐非常少見，參看三件萬曆款的掐絲琺瑯大盤，所飾龍紋樣式與此件蓋爐非常接近，一件藏於北京故宮博物院，《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系：金屬胎琺瑯器》，香港，2002年，編號47；一件藏於大英博物館，H. Garner著，《 Chinese and Japanese Cloisonné Enamels》，倫敦，1962年，圖版F；第三件在台北故宮博物院，著錄於《明清琺瑯器展覽圖錄》，台北，1999年，編號11。 另可參考一件萬曆款龍紋大盤，見本圖錄中第20號拍品