A cloisonné enamel 'rope-twist' handle tripod censer, Ming dynasty, 16th century | 明十六世紀 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋繩耳三足爐

Compare two related censers each adorned with a pair of 'rope-twist' handles, attributed to the mid-Ming dynasty, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo jin yin boli falangqi quanji [Complete works of Chinese gold, silver, glass and enamelware], vol. 5: Falangqi I [Enamelware I], Shijiazhuang, 2002, pls 77 and 78; and another, attributed to Ming dynasty, 16th century, sold at Christie's London, 7th November 2006, lot 89.