A Chinese cloisonne censer, Qianlong four-character mark, Qing DynastyOf rounded form with raised gilt rim, finely worked to the inside with a wrythen dragon chasing a flaming pearl above waves, the outside with confronting dragons, a further dragon to the underside, all against a white ground worked with dense cloud forms, with carved hardwood stand.31cm wide, 8cm high (15cm high on stand)
Part of a Herefordshire Country House EstateFootnote: Provenance:Part of a Herefordshire Country House Estate. Believed acquired by Chief Engineer Herbert Harris, stationed at Wei-Hai-Wei dockyards in 1911, thence by descent to the vendor. Harris had seen previous service with HMS Inflexible with the Mediterranean Fleet, 1891, and HMS Terpsichore at the Cape of Good Hope, 1904.