A rare cloisonné enamel and gilt-bronze tripod 'cranes' incense burner and cover


Qing DynastyFinely cast and supported on the backs of three cranes, the globular body colourfully enamelled with a continuous scene of lotus pond, depicting swimming, flying, resting and pecking egrets amongst lotus leaves and sprays of lotus blossoms, all beneath a floral band to the waisted neck, flanked by a pair of handles, the reticulated domed cover finely decorated with three large ruyi-shaped lappets enamelled with foliate scrolls, surmounted by a bud-shaped finial meticulously enamelled with further floral sprays, wood stand. 105cm (41 1/3in) high (3).
|清 銅胎掐絲琺瑯蓮塘鴛鴦圖鶴壽三足蓋爐Provenance: a French private collection來源： 法國私人收藏Compare with a related cloisonné enamel and gilt-bronze tripod 'cranes' incense burner and cover, late 18th century, illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, London, 1989, pl.324. See also another related pair of cloisonné enamel incense burners and covers with crane supports, Qianlong, in the British Museum, London, one of which is illustrated by E.S.Rawski and J.Rawson, eds., China: The Three Emperors 1662-1795, London, 2005, pl.304.See also a related cloisonné enamel and gilt-bronze tripod 'cranes' incense burner and cover, Qianlong, which was sold at Bonhams London, 10 November 2016, lot 96.