A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL MINIATURE TRIPOD CENSER, DING, QIANLONG TO JIAQING PERIODChina, 1736-1820. Of circular form, rising from three elongated, tapering legs, the galleried rim set with two upright loop handles decorated with C-scrolls, the body decorated with kuilong scrolls, lotus blossoms, and scrolling vines issuing flowerheads, the legs depicting scrolls and flowers, all above a turquoise ground. The body with a gilt band above the legs and a gilt rim.Provenance: Collection of Anton Exner, Vienna, thence by descent. Galerie Zacke, Vienna, acquired from the above. An Austrian private collection, acquired from the above before 1999. A collection number ‘SI [XX]’ lacquered to the rim. A copy of an excerpt of the Galerie Zacke description from before 1999, confirming the dating and provenance above, apanies this lot. Anton Exner (1882-1952) was the most important dealer, collector, and assessor of East Asian art in Vienna during the interwar period. His collection included all branches of Asian art – particularly Chinese and Japanese – from all epochs. During a long sojourn in Canada and the USA from 1908 to 1910, he made contact with Chinese dealers and later acquired handicrafts and Japanese silk blouses at various Asian ports, which formed the basis for his future business activities in Vienna. From then on, he went almost every year on buying trips to the Far East. The Austrian auction house Dorotheum appointed him as a sworn assessor of Asian art, a position he held for around a quarter of a century. From the early 1920s, he lent objects for all major exhibitions of Asian art in Vienna.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, few nicks and scratches, little bruising, small chips, minor losses to the enamels, and manufacturing flaws including pitting.Weight: 397.2 gDimensions: Height 15.6 cmAuction resultparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2015, lot 663Price: HKD 112,500 or approx.EUR 15,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A small gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamel archaistic tripod censer, Qing dynasty, 18th/19th centuryExpert remark:pare the related form. Note the smaller size (10 cm) and cover.乾隆至嘉慶掐絲琺瑯三足鼎式爐中國，1736-1820年。鼎式爐，雙沖耳，三圓柱形足向下變尖。爐身藍地纏枝蓮花，飾有夔龍紋。