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PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
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AN EXTREMELY RARE AND LARGE IMPERIAL LITERATURE
POLYCHROME TIANQI AND QIANGJIN ‘DRAGON’ Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre
Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, p. 53, fig. 29
LACQUER INCENSE STAND
KANGXI-YONGZHENG PERIOD (1662-1735)
The top is finely incised, highlighted in shades of red, orange, ᪺༒ᶑ 㢫᢬ ྽⽗੧ྑᮀᆤ㕺ኌ૔㹪♄㪂֜
green, blue, black with outlines etched in gilt against a yellow
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ground, depicting a sinuous five-clawed dragon weaving around
a shou roundel amid ruyi clouds and enclosed within continuous 㮷ᆚᅴ޸ᄠӳǯ㘻㵲㶊㑄ⰰᶜ卿ಃ⡚Ǯ⣔Ǯ⻤Ǯ㿳✙ⰰᆭᶜ
wan pattern on the side. The stand is supported on a constricted Ɽ⡠ԆᏀ㞖⡿ࠧ⡠↚ǯ޸㬷᫈ԋ㫌Ն‣䂆∪ஏ೰ໃ卿୨ॶ▼
waist decorated with cartouches of wan and key-fret pattern, bats 㫡உ⥴卿ڬ㬷உսⶃໃ⡠卿ិ⭤㱈㫡〟⡠ࣿⶃໃ⡠卿Ӵ஄⸥
and floral scrolls atop lotus petals, all resting on a bombé apron ≓⡠ǯᆱ⁅⯍Ӳᆜ⭯ߴ㫐䂆ᒨ೰⡠卿㇏ս㫡⡠ǯᄓᄠ㫌⏟ऱ
continuing onto five ruyi-shaped cabriole legs terminating in ⡠㱈卿㑷㛑⯝ݤ㛑㶊㿳ᶜǯ
upswept feet raised on a removable waisted pedestal base.
40 ƒ in. (103 cm.) overall height ϝᬝ
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HK$4,800,000-5,500,000 US$620,000-700,000 +PSH 5SüCOFSⅧ⻦卿ᇌ۔Խ)FOSZ 5SüCOFS卻 卼卿
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PROVENANCE
Tanzhe Temple, Beijing (by repute) ⧻இ㇛࿆☆՞Ⅷ⻦
The collection of Jorg Trübner (d. 1929) by descent to Henry ⡥⡙⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
Trübner (1920-1999), curator of Royal Ontario Museum, ⡥⡙⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
early 1960s to 1969
Property of a private West Coast collector ൣ⿫
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 28th-29th September 1989, lot 399 ٨ཿᙻഅٳഅ⎑།໫ഌ⊶ࢷ⁒㱦
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 23rd March 2011, lot 659
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EXHIBITED )FMNVU #SJOLFS BOE "MCFSU -VU[卿Ƕ$IJOFTF $MPJTPOOé 5IF
On loan to the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada 1JFSSF 6MESZ $PMMFDUJPOǷ卿⡥⡙卿 ჺ卿 㮰 卿எ
(1959-1982)

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