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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
士紳珍藏
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AN IMPERIAL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯獸面紋甗式三足蓋爐
ARCHAISTIC TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER 雙方框「乾隆年製」楷書鑄款

QIANLONG CAST FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE
SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) 來源:
The vessel is modelled after an archaic bronze, yen, of Zhou dynasty. The Oriental Art Gallery Ltd.，倫敦，1996年6月6日
The top section is of a deep bowl and is decorated on the exterior
with a row of downward lappets, each enclosing a mythical beast 此三足爐器形仿周青銅蒸食器甗，器表為淺藍地並飾仿古獸面紋，《西清古
mask, all below four decorative bands. The rim is surmounted with 鑑》卷三十所收錄的周環紋甗之紋飾便與此拍品相近（圖一）。比較台北故
a pair of rope-twist bail handles, and the similarly decorated cover is 宮博物院藏一件形制紋飾近乎相同之乾隆款掐絲琺瑯獸面紋甗，載於《明
further surmounted by a finial of a five-clawed dragon amidst clouds.
The lower section of the vessel has three taotie masks, each is centered 清琺瑯器展覽圖錄》，台北，1999年，頁141，編號58（圖二）。另一尺寸較小、
at the top of each leg, and the legs are further carved with leafy scroll 紋飾風格稍有不同之近似例，見《故宮博物藏品大系–琺瑯器編2–清掐絲琺
against a dotting ground. 瑯》，北京，2011年，頁295，編號235。
9º in. (23.5 cm.) high
HK$500,000-800,000 US$65,000-100,000

P R O V E NAN C E :
The Oriental Art Gallery Ltd., London, 6 June 1996

The archaistic mask motif and decoration on the present censer is similar
to a bronze yan dated to Zhou dynasty, illustrated by line drawing in
Xiqing Gujian, juan 30 (fig. 1). An almost identical example is in the Taipei
National Palace Museum collection, illustrated in Enamel Ware in the Ming
and Ch'ing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, p.141, no 58 (fig. 2). Another example
that is smaller in size with the gilded rims and legs left undecorated, is
illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 2-
Cloisonné in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Beijing, p. 295, no. 235.
fig. 2 Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
圖二 國立故宮博物院藏品

fig. 1 圖一

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