Lot 35. A gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamel tripod incense burner, Ming dynasty, 17th century; 12 cm, 4 3/4 in. Lot sold: 4,032 EUR (Estimate: 3,000 - 4,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2022
with an everted rim set with lion mask handles, decorated with scrolling lotus.
Property from a European private collection.
Provenance: Berwald Oriental Art, New York, 19th March 2007.
Lot 36. A rare pair of bronze and cloisonné enamel dishes, Ming dynasty, 17th century; 24 cm, 9 1/2 in. Lot sold: 7,560 EUR (Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2022
each decorated with stylized archaistic dragons encircled by lotus around the cavetto.
Property from a European private collection.
Provenance: Galerie 41, Monaco, 20th October 2006.
Note: Compare a dish in the Pierre Uldry collection, illustrated in Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné : The Pierre Uldry Collection, The Asia Society Galleries, New York 1989, p. 230, pl. 128.
Lot 37. A gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamel tripod incense burner, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century; 19 cm, 7 1/2 in. Lot sold: 13,860 EUR (Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2022
with a reticulated domed cover and a lion finial, supported on three feet in the form of kneeling foreigners.
Property from a European private collection.
Provenance: Galerie 41, Monaco, 20th October 2006.
Sotheby's, Art d'Asie, Paris, 16 June 2022
