PROVENANCE: Christie's Paris, 7 December, 2007, Lot 268 These two parfumiers are in the shape of pagodas, the hexagonal base resting on a pedestal decorated with petals, taken on the cornice, the balustrade adorned with blue swastikas, the interior embellished with scrolls and flowers, the column with fully openwork decoration of polychrome clouds in pastel shades and enhanced with a large gilded and repousse copper dragon whoes body wrapping around the entire height of the cylinder, chasing the sacred pearl. the upper part is composed of a cornice identical to the balustrade of the base, a double roof separated by a frieze of white squares, the roof of the top embellished with bells and finished with a gilded and openwork bronze grip, forming a coiled dragon. Incense burners of this form were intended as part of the furnishing in the throne room, flanking the throne together with various tripod incense burners.
These two parfumiers are in the shape of pagodas, the hexagonal
base resting on a pedestal decorated with petals, taken on the
cornice, the balustrade adorned with blue swastikas, the interior
embellished with scrolls and flowers, the column with fully openwork
decoration of polychrome clouds in pastel shades and enhanced with
a large gilded and repousse copper dragon whoes body wrapping
around the entire height of the cylinder, chasing the sacred pearl. the
upper part is composed of a cornice identical to the balustrade of
the base, a double roof separated by a frieze of white squares, the
roof of the top embellished with bells and finished with a gilded and
openwork bronze grip, forming a coiled dragon. Incense burners of
this form were intended as part of the furnishing in the throne room,
flanking the throne together with various tripod incense burners.
PROVENANCE: Christie's Paris, 7 December, 2007, Lot 268