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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN PRIVATE with the ‘eight Buddhist emblems’ surrounded by stylized 清乾隆 金地粉彩纏枝蓮八吉祥紋五供一套
COLLECTION lotus blossoms borne on foliate scrolls between various 《大清乾隆年製》款
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE GOLD-GROUND borders including keyfret, ruyi collars, bands of fleur-de-
FAMILLE-ROSE FIVE-PIECE ALTAR SET lis, or other motifs, all reserved on a brilliant gilt ground 來源：
(WUGONG) extending to the interior, each with a six-character horizontal Denman Waldo Ross 博士 (1853-1935) 收藏，得於中國
seal mark in iron-red, wood boxes (15)
SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG Height of tallest 14¾ in., 37.3 cm John Arthur MacLean (1879-1964) 收藏，約1920年獲贈
於上述處，此後家族傳承
comprising a censer, a pair of candlesticks, and a pair of PROVENANCE
beaker vases, the robustly potted censer of globular form 展覽：
rising from three cabriole legs to a waisted neck and galleried Collection of Dr. Denman Waldo Ross (1853-1935), acquired 阿克倫藝術學院，阿克倫，俄亥俄州，1948年 (借展)
mouth, the shoulder set with a pair of gently curved upright in China. 托萊多藝術博物館，托萊多，俄亥俄州，至1964年
handles with rectangular apertures, the candlesticks each Collection of John Arthur MacLean (1879-1964), received as
with a bell-shaped base supporting a slightly compressed a gift from the above circa 1920, and thence by descent. (借展)
globular section and a wide drip-tray with slightly flared EXHIBITED
sides, with a rising tapering column surmounted by a smaller
drip-pan, the beaker vases each of archaistic gu form with Akron Art Institute, Akron, Ohio, 1948 (on loan).
a bell-shaped base rising to a central bulb surmounted by a Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, until 1964 (on loan).
trumpet neck, each vessel finely painted in bright enamels
$ 600,000-800,000

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