LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'LOTUS' ELEPHANT-HEAD TRIPOD CENSER QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG MARK, 18TH-19TH CENTURY 清 乾隆年製款 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋龍鳳紋三足象首大爐 with everted rim, the flat base with a gilded bronze roundel in the centre decorated with a dragon and phoenix chasing a flaming pearl, the rest of the washer decorated on the interior and exterior with various lotus in tendrils, the mouth rim and the edge of the base with gilt mount, the vessel supported on three large feet in elephant-head form, the side of the mouth rim incised with a six-character Qianlong mark (48cm diameter) Qty: (1) Provenance: Formerly in a private French collection