A PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNÉ 'DUCK' INCENSE BURNERS AND COVERS

Qing Dynasty, late 19th / early 20th Century

清十九世紀晚期或二十世紀早期 銅胎掐絲琺瑯鴨形熏爐一對

Each incense burner modelled as a duck standing on one leg with the other raised, with slender curved neck and open beak, decorated with polychrome plumage and ruffled feathers on a white enamel ground, the ducks stood atop lotus bases decorated with large flowering chrysanthemums and bulging petal lappets,

32.5cm high

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c.f. A comparable pair of incense burners shaped as ducks were sold at Christie's South Kensington, 19th April 2011, lot 325.

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