A RARE PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL INCENSE HOLDERS

A RARE PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL INCENSE HOLDERS

QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Each holder is cast with shallow rounded sides rising from a flat base, the centre is applied with a small vase-shaped stand and decorated with four archaistic dragons reserved on yellow-ground ruyi panels. The well and exterior sides are decorated with peony blossoms and lotus flowers on the reverse, all reserved on a turquoise ground.

4 1/4 in. (11 cm.) diam.