156. IMPORTANT BRÛLE-PARFUM ARCHAÏSANT EN BRONZE DORÉ ET ÉMAUX CLOISONNÉS, FANGDING XVIe/XVIIe siècle AN RARE ARCHAISTIC CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL INCENSE BURNER 16th/17th century Superbly cast in the form of an archaic bronze fangding , the rectangular body decorated to each side with a stylised taotie mask below two confronting archaistic kui dragons, divided at the center and edges with notched vertical flanges, the everted rim bordered by a key-fret pattern, set with a pair of upright loop handles decorated with bats and lotus flowers amidst ruyi clouds, all raised on four high splayed blade-shaped legs with archaistic scrollwork and birds, the base with a meandering lotus scroll, fitted wood cover and stand, the stand inlaid with a carved jade plaque. 33.8cm (13 1/4in) high. (3). 十六/十七世紀 掐絲琺瑯饕餮紋方鼎 Provenance: Collection of Adrien de Melotte de Lavaux (1874-1912), Vice-Consul of Belgium in China until 1902, thence by descent in the family, acquired from the collection 來源： 比利时驻华副领事Adrien de Melotte de Lavaux（1874-1912）珍藏，任期至1902年 後家族傳承 現藏家得自上述來源 Compare this censer with examples from the Qing Court Collection, including two censers in the Palace Museum, Beijing, the first dated to the early Qing period, the second with a Qianlong six-character mark and without a cover, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum. Cloisonné of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Beijing, 2011, pls.68 and 245. See also a similar censer from the collection of Dr. Alfred Owre (1870-1935), sold in Sotheby's New York, 21 March 2018, lot 588.