Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Cloisonne Censer Ding Lidded Incense Burner 1870 Sculpture 5" wide X 11" tall

5" wide X 11" tall (clock face: 5

holding a mask in one hand and a thyrsus (a stick wrapped in vine leaves and tipped with a pine cone)

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In the overview catalogue of the works of Gustave Van Vaerenbergh by Florian Haberey

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Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Cloisonne Censer Ding Lidded Incense Burner 1870 Sculpture 5" wide X 11" tallA 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