Incensario trípode de cloisonné "Ruyi y fénix",... Lot n° 203

Censer of gilded bronze and adorned with cloisonné enamel. It has a globular and flat body arranged on three small feet in the form of ruyi, on which stands a short neck and circular mouth, adorned with two beautiful handles in the form of flattened and curved ruyi scepter joining mouth and body. The belly and neck are decorated with a beautiful scroll pattern of leaf scrolls and archaic motifs, with large central lotuses in bloom, flanked by stylized phoenixes. Framing the scene is a decorative border of ruyis and lace arranged at the shoulders, and a garland of lotus leaves surrounding the foot. At the base is, a central rectangular mark in gilt bronze, with four characters "隆年制" surrounded by beautiful scrolls of colored leaves. Qian long seal. Height: 10.5 cm; Mouth diameter: 8.9 cm. Weight: 715 g