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fig. 1 Collection of the Shenyang Imperial Palace Museum fig. 2 Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2016, lot 3229
ॱˏ ᱙㡫ᐅ೫ښḵ㡗ⳉި ॱ̣ 㪁᫓ωૈྴ䢲 ໝ ᕕ ᑽ䢲ሠި ⴽ
The shape of this censer is based upon ancient bronze vessels. another from a European private collection (53 cm. high), sold
The blade-shaped legs, loop handles and flanges, along with the at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2013, lot 2058; one sold at
wide spreading taotie masks, all have their prototypes in Zhou Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2016, lot 3229 (77.5 cm high) (fig.
dynasty bronzes, many of which are illustrated in Xiqing Gujian, 2), which has blade-shaped legs and is almost identical to the
‘Inspection of Antiques from the Zhou Dynasty’, the catalogues one in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Compendium
of ancient bronzes in the Qing Court Collection compiled under of Collections in the Palace Museum, Enamels - 3 - Cloisonne in
the authorisation of the Qianlong Emperor in 1755. the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Beijing, 2011, pp. 262-263, no. 226
(83 cm. high).
Censers of this type not only served as an important part of the
palace furnishing, they were also used in rituals, banquets and ᷳ݊㟌ᑜྋ䢲᪨⥏䢲㢳⒤⡩䢲㛵㕹ἄ㤚♃ो㉚䢲ຯ㛵㕹Ờᆫὺ㖲
imperial ceremonies, as such, several similar cloisonné fangding- ⯯䢲⯯˖㝀⑤㣄⸂♃ǐ⥏㒴㛵㕹Ջ֨ᆜǐՈࣰ͠ኯ⚘ᇦ᧊ǏᾫῙᑃ
form censers have been preserved in the Qing Court Collection, ੦⨓⽖η⩇♃ǐࣰન㨫㩱㩏♃ۢᇼᗋⰈ♃䢲ࣰ໶㨫Սᑜ㚙ঃ♃䢲Շ
which are found in varying sizes with different combinations 㨫⩇‶ǐ⡩㑵ۢ۴ᦵ㘌㛵㕹㨫्♃ǐ
of decorative elements. Compare the fangding with cover with
a cloisonné enamel Qianlong six-character mark, similarly ᢬㧛㪁ᷳ˙ӆ᳦㕵⿀೫ང㡣〴ࣰ䢲̷ᑞ೫ˮ⎥⍽ǏՔ⏙⓼᨞ؽ䢲
decorated with taotie design but with flat dragon-form legs in ॏ᢬᪹೫⧃ⳉˮᕖ˙ളྋབྷ㏩Κ䢲΢૯റۢ⼾㨫♢╈˙ˏⅲ㪁ᷳǐ
the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Enamel Ware ᢬ͬᑜ㸅བྷᷳ㞍㐤★᫺Ǐ㕲⨓㨪᭸䢲㛵㕹Բ⨬᷒᷻䢲᳦㏩Κηިˮ
in the Ming and Ch’ing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, no. 59 (33.8 cm. ➱⿉ⅲωϡǐ᪹೫⧃ⳉˮⅲ㏩Κϡۿ۞⡃܀٫ᐅ೫ښḵ㡗ᆵⳉຯኯ
high); three examples in the Palace Museum, Beijing, the first ⚘੦᷂̖㡲Սದᢍۢૣ㹩བྷ㉚ˏͬ䢲⿉Ǘᒝ᪹ᾫὼࣰൢ⿪ॱ㙼ǘ䢲
dated to the early Qing dynasty with a gilt openwork cover, lion-
form finial and flat blade-shaped legs (35.6 cm. high), the second ܀٫䢲 ໝ䢲ॱḛ ⴽ䢮㭙 Ռֱ䢯ǐ٫̺ᐅ೫ᆵⳉᐪͬ䢲
the with a cast Qianlong six-character mark without a cover and ٝሳ᪹׀ˏϡ䢮㭙 Ռֱ䢯䢲⯯˖㝀⑤˩ᕖỜᆫ❚ὺ㖲䣁̖㡲Ս
decorated with angular chilong motifs (28.7 cm. high), the third ದ㞍ᢍˏͬ䢲ᴰ⯯䢲㨫ሣಠ⹁㹩♃䢲䢮 Ռֱ䢯䣁̖ۢ㡲ोದ㞍
with a cast Qianlong four-character mark and decorated with ᢍˏϡ䢲㨫㩱㩏♃䢲ૣ㹩བྷ㉚ 㭙 Ռֱ 䢲ֱ׆㍭ᑞᐅ೫ښḵ㡗
taotie design with blade-shaped feet (48.3 cm. high), illustrated ⳉި૯☴Ǘᾫὼࣰ⛷ ᪹ኯ⚘ᾫὼǘ䢲٫̺䢲 ໝ䢲ॱḛ Ǐ
in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Enamels - ۢ ⴽǐ۷ۿ᣻㍨᱙㡫ᐅ೫ˏͬ䢲Ւ⯯˖㝀⑤˩ᕖỜᆫ❚ὺ㖲
2 - Cloisonne in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Beijing, 2011, nos. 䢮㭙 Ռֱ䢯䢮ॱˏ䢯䢲⿉Ǘ᱙㡫ᐅ೫ښḵ㡗㡗ⳉᐷḵ★☀ ᾫὼ
68, 245 and 246, respectively; and one with a lion-form finial and ڰǘ䢲᱙㡫䢲 ໝ䢲㦓 䢲ॱḛ ⴽǐ
reticulated panels on the cover (38 cm. high) in the Shenyang
Imperial Palace Museum (fig. 1), illustrated in The Prime Cultural ㏩ໝᨤ㐞㦨৶ˮ㢰ۿ⿉ܔᕩኯ⚘ᾫὼᑜ㸅䢲΢㞍㐤★⨑␙༂⧀᢬⇂
Relics Collected by Shenyang Imperial Palace Museum - The ₤⡅ڳ᜴ളǐ᣻㍨ᐷ࿍ḓ͹Ԣ⧃ⳉˏͬ䢮㭙 Ռֱ䢯䢲ຯኯ⚘੦᷂
Enamel Volume, Shenyang, 2007, pp. 146-147, no. 1. ̖㡲ोದᢍ䢲ᑞ㪁᫓ωૈྴ ໝ ᕕ ᑽሠ㇫䢲ሠި ⴽ䣁ᢜ
ᨕ⏩́⧃ⳉˏͬ䢮㭙 Ռֱ䢯䢲ᑞ㪁᫓ωૈྴ ໝ ᕕ ᑽሠ
For similar Qianlong cloisonné fangding-form censers and ㇫䢲ሠި ⴽ䣁ۢˏͬ䢮㭙 Ռֱ䢯ᑞ㪁᫓ωૈྴ ໝ ᕕ
covers sold at auctions, compare to one with a cloisonné enamel ᑽሠ㇫䢲ሠި ⴽ䢮ॱ̣䢯䢲てϡ⧀٫̺ᐅ೫ښḵ㡗ᆵⳉˏͬ
Qianlong four-character mark from the Mandel Collection (55 䢮㭙 Ռֱ䢯㏩̅⇂ܔ䢲⿉ᐅ೫ښḵ㡗ⳉި૯☴Ǘᾫὼࣰ⛷ ᪹
cm. high) sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot 3908; ኯ⚘ᾫὼǘ䢲٫̺䢲 ໝ䢲㦓 䢲ॱḛ ⴽǐ

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