The fifth highlight is a pair of champlevé enamel and gilt-bronze luduan incense burners, with covers and stands, of the Qianlong period.

Luduan is a late-imperial auspicious beast rather than a single early mythic animal. As censers, smoke issues from the open mouths, so the creatures read as if breathing. In Qing palace settings such beasts were decorative, protective and ceremonial at once. Champlevé enamel on gilt-bronze, with matching stands, places the pair in the more elaborate court metalwork of the eighteenth century.

The published estimate is HK$1,500,000–2,000,000. Both images show this pair only.

Source: facts drawn from Bonhams, “6 Masterpieces Defining the Iconic Speelman Collection” (ICONIC SPEELMAN, Hong Kong, 28 October 2026). Text rewritten for NAGEL Topic Insights; not a verbatim reprint.