Cloisonne Enamel Quail. China Around 1800.

Censer. Charming little quail in embossed copper, cloisonné and enamelled. There are many on the art market, they are of variable quality most often very simple and of poor execution, the one presented here is of excellent quality with its beautiful colors of plumage, the circumference of the eye richly detailed, the wires welded with great regularity, a beautiful thick gilding, very few holes in the enamel, the very protruding claws, it even kept its tongue. All the little details that make the difference. The animal opens in two parts and serves as a censer, the smoke escaping through the mouth. Inside some marks from an old collection. China from the Kien-Long period, late 18th century. Height: 12 cm Good condition. No repairs. Slight normal wear and oxidation for a century-old object. The 2 legs pierced below in Europe certainly to fix the quail to a base. Two claws bent but intact .