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A PAINTED ENAMEL PINK-GROUND A RARE AND LARGE IMPERIAL-TRIBUTE Provenance: a French private collection
LOBED OVAL TRAY PAINTED ENAMEL TRIPOD INCENSE Christie’s London, 6 November 2018, lot 142
Qianlong BURNER AND COVER, DING
Painted with two quail on a riverbank amongst Qianlong red enamel four-character mark and 來源：法國私人舊藏
narcissus, leafy plants and rockwork, the of the period 倫敦佳士得，2018年11月6日，拍品編號142
underside in sky-blue enamel with a central The globular vessel raised on three bulbous
lingzhi spray. feet, colourfully enamelled with a meandering The present painted enamel incense burner
20.7cm (8.1/8in) wide. foliate lotus scroll reserved on a pale blue is an impressive example of Imperial-tribute
ground rising to the rounded shoulder ware made in Guangzhou for the Qing Court.
£1,000 - 1,500 decorated with lotus-petal panels and Such an incense burner would have been the
CNY9,000 - 14,000 cylindrical neck with bats alternating with central element in a five-piece garniture, which
lotus blossoms, below the wide rim with a would have included a pair of candlesticks
Please note this Lot is to be sold at composite floral scroll, flanked by a pair of and a pair of gu vases. For two complete
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 similarly-enamelled S-shaped handles set garnitures, mid Qing dynasty, from the Qing
with openwork gilt-copper cash-motif tubes, Court Collection, see the Compendium of
清乾隆 銅胎畫琺瑯粉地歲歲平安圖花口盤 the elaborate domed cover decorated with Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels
a meandering foliate lotus scroll in openwork 5, Painted Enamels in the Qing Dynasty
See a similar pink-ground painted enamel dish between a geometric border around the rim (1644-1911), Beijing, 2011, nos.176 and 264.
with flower and bird design, mid Qing dynasty, and ruyi-head, floral and rope-twist bands Compare also the similar openwork design
illustrated in the Compendium of Collections below the reticulated gilt-copper globular finial on the cover of a painted enamel brazier and
in the Palace Museum: Enamels, 5, Beijing, decorated with a coiled five-clawed dragon a pair of painted enamel incense holders,
2011, no.231. See also another example pursuing the flaming pearl amidst cloud- both mid Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court
illustrated by R.Soame Jenyns and W.Watson, scrolls, wood stand.39.1cm (15 3/8in). (3). Collection, illustrated ibid., nos.254 and 255.
Chinese Art: The Minor Arts, Oldbourne,
1963, pl.120. £10,000 - 15,000 The incense burner is of ding form, based on
CNY90,000 - 140,000 the shape of archaic bronze ritual vessels of
the Shang dynasty, and as such reflects the
Please note this Lot is to be sold at Qianlong emperor’s fascination with antiquity
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 and his call for craftsman to take inspiration
from forms and designs of antiquity.
清乾隆 銅胎畫琺瑯纏枝蓮紋雙耳三足蓋爐
礬紅「乾隆年製」楷書款

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