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Cloisonné Incense Burner with Lotus Decoration and Elephant-trunk Handles (掐丝珐琅缠枝莲纹象耳炉)
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Cloisonné Incense Burner with Lotus Decoration and Elephant-trunk Handles. |
This Yuan-dynasty incense burner is 13.9 and 13.5 centimeters in diameter. It has a round and bulging brass body, two handles shaped like elephant trunks and a foot ring. Around the neck are 12 yellow, white, red and purple chrysanthemum flowers on a light blue enamel background. The body is decorated with six red, white and yellow intertwining lotus flowers on a sapphire blue background. Below them is a band of lotus petals. The enamel coating is shiny and smooth. In some places, it is as transparent as glass.
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