A monumental cloisonné enamel 'kui dragon' tripod incense burner, Mark and period of Qianlong 清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯夔龍纏枝蓮紋雙耳三足鼎式爐 《大清乾隆年製》款 the imposing incenser burner with a deep cylindrical body, surmounted by a short waisted neck and a broad mouth, supported on three solid gilt-bronze legs and flanked by two tall angular scroll handles attached to the shoulder and rim, the body decorated with cloisonné enamel bands alternating between confronted dragons with scrolling bifurcated tails divided by flaming pearls or shou roundels among dense clouds and colourful lotus flower heads among stylised leafy scroll, all on a turquoise ground, each section separated by a gilt-bronze band cast in low relief with lotus lappets at the rim, neck and shoulder, and another band of archaistic dragon scroll at the waist, the legs similarly cast with archaistic scrolls and accented with elaborate mane, the gilt-bronze mouth rim with a horizontal six-character mark overall h. 123 cm