Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Cloisonne Censer Ding Lidded Incense Burner 1870 Decorative Arts producing paintings of striking perfection

producing paintings of striking perfection

At sight without frame 10" x 8"

Nathaniel Mills Birmingham 1840

the ewers are raised on champleve socle bases and with onyx plinths below

Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Cloisonne Censer Ding Lidded Incense Burner 1870 Decorative Arts producing paintings of striking perfectionA fine antique 19th century Chinese cloisonne ding shaped lidded censer incense burner on stand, circa 1870. The twin handled censer having a gilded foo dog finial to the lid, the lid with a cloud decoration background & decorated with Taotie mask motifs. The base having a band of taotie mask decoration and then large lappets below also decorated with corresponding larger masks, all the decoration is finely executed in cloisonne enamel. The censer is