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3019 London, 2005, p. 125, no. 36, and another porcelain example of this
type in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in the exhibition
A RARE BRONZE TRIPOD VESSEL AND COVER, catalogue Emperor Ch’ien-lung’s Grand Cultural Enterprise, Taipei,
p. 172, fig. v-5.
XING
清乾隆 銅仿古鉶 六字篆書鑄款
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER CAST SEAL MARKS AND OF THE
可參考兩件乾隆款無蓋銅仿古鉶，於紐約佳士得拍賣，2015年9月17日，
PERIOD (1736-1795) 拍品2114號。亦可參考二件瓷胎白釉之例，定年為清乾隆，一為北京故
宮博物院藏品，載於《China: The Three Emperors, 1662-1795》，
The archaistic vessel is raised on three leaf-form supports and 倫敦，2005年，頁125，編號36，另一為台北故宮博物院藏品，見該院展
the sides are cast with a broad band of cell diaper below narrow 覽《乾隆皇帝的文化大業》圖錄，台北，頁p. 172，圖v-5。
bands of key frets and stylised foliate scroll interrupted by a pair of
dragon handles. The cover is similarly decorated with a band of
stylised foliate scroll below a narrow band of key frets and a broad
band of wan diaper, all beneath a roundel enclosing a flowerhead
suspending stylised foliate scroll topped with three leaf-form
finials.

10 ¡ in. (26.4 cm.) high

HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000

Compare to two bronze xing of comparable size without covers dated
to Qianlong period, sold at Christie’s New York, 17 September 2015,
lot 2114. Compare, also, a white-glazed porcelain example dated to
the Qianlong period with identical decoration and shape in the Palace
Museum, Beijing, illustrated in China: The Three Emperors, 1662-1795,

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