Gilt bronze and cloisonné enamel incense burner

An ormolu and cloisonné enamel incense burner with a circular top decorated with coiled archaic “kui” dragons, flowers and foliage. At its center is an incense-holder in the form of a lotus flower, resting on a bronze flower-shaped base topped with a cloisonné enamel bulb. A Qianlong mark incised below the base in a circular medallion.
The bronze part of the lotus bud added later.

Parallels and comparisons: For similarly decorated incense-burners, see Christie’s sale of 8/6/2014 in London, lot 390, as well as that of 3/6/2015 in Hong Kong, lot 3269.

Height: 8 cm
Diameter: 11 cm

Provenance: French private collection