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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO SUPPORT ART ACQUISITIONS AND COLLECTIONS CARE
斯普菲博物館珍藏，拍賣收益將用於藏品購藏及維護
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AN IMPERIAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL 清乾隆 御製掐絲琺瑯纏枝蕃蓮紋象腿官帽耳蓋爐
‘LOTUS SCROLL’ CENSER AND COVER 雙圈「乾隆年製」楷書鑄款
QIANLONG CAST FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WTIHIN A DOUBLE 來源
CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) 史喬沃先生（1832-1923），斯普林菲爾德，麻薩諸塞州，
The exterior of the elongated rounded body is elaborately 入藏於1910年以前
decorated with scrolls bearing Indian lotus blossoms, flanked
on both sides with upright S-shaped handles decorated with 清宮舊藏一件紋飾及尺寸均大致相同的蓋爐，同樣底鑄乾隆年款，現藏
flowerheads and pierced in the middle, supported on three gilt- 北京故宮博物院，見 2011 年北京出版《故宮博物院藏品大系 — 琺瑯器
bronze feet in the form of elephant heads, each adorned with 編》，卷 2，圖版 204（圖一）。
bejewelled garlands. The gilt reign mark is reserved in the centre
of the base. The domed cover is similarly decorated with scrolling
lotus, surmounted by a gilt dragon finial.
21¬ in. (55 cm.) high
HK$800,000-1,500,000 US$110,000-190,000

PROVENANCE
George Walter Vincent Smith (1832-1923), Springfield,
Massachusetts, acquired prior to 1910
A Qianlong-marked censer of the same design and size, possibly a pair
to the current example, was in the Qing Court Collection, now in the
Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the
Palace Museum –Enamels, vol. 2, no. 204 (fig. 1).

(mark) fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
圖一 北京故宮博物院藏品

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