17th century |The globular body supported on three legs and flanked at the sides by a pair of upright bracket handles, decorated with large lotus blooms wreathed in scrolling foliage issuing curling leaves, the shoulder with a band of alternating rosettes against a darker blue ground. 34.5cm (13 5/8in) high.|十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯番蓮紋鼎式爐The present lot is extremely rare. A late Yuan example of a globular body tripod incense burner is illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels, Cloisonné in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, 1, Beijing, 2011, p.56, no.4. The decoration and style of the lotus, however, is typical of late Ming dynasty cloisonné, see for example a large ceremonial vase but with similar lotus scrolls, 17th century, illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, London, 1989, p.127.