A cloisonné enameled censer and cover


Qianlong mark, late Qing/Republic periodThe censer of compressed globular form raised on three cabriole legs topped with animal heads, the hollow handles fashioned as angular scrolls and inlaid with colorful flower heads and leaf scrolls that repeat in a more complex pattern around the body, the upright lip on the censer bearing the six-character mark impressed in standard script; the domed cover encircled with dragons above waves and further flowering branches beneath the recumbent fu-lion finial (dents, wear to enamels).41 1/2in (106cm) high29 1/2in (75cm) length across the handles