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A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF LARGE 清乾隆 鎏金銅冠耳三足熏爐一對
IMPERIAL BRONZE INCENSE 連大理石座
BURNERS, COVERS AND MARBLE 《大清乾隆年製》款
STANDS
MARKS AND PERIOD OF
QIANLONG

each with a globular body set with a pair of
scroll handles on the shoulder, supported on
three cabriole legs incised with lappets below
a raised fillet, rising to a short neck decorated
with a band of raised floral bosses, the galleried
rim surmounted by two removable cylindrical
tiers pierced with pairs of addorsed kui dragons
divided by a domed platform, the domed cover
with a knopped circular finial, impressed on
the rim with a six-character reign mark within a
rectangle, the bronze patinated to a rich black-
brown tone with traces of red lacquer and gilt,
all supported on stepped circular white marble
stands pierced and incised with ruyi-shaped
motifs
censer: overall height 68 cm, 26¾ in.

HK$ 2,000,000-3,000,000

US$ 256,000-384,000

188 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比