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A PINK-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE ‘BAJIXIANG’ TRIPOD CENSER Compare with the slightly larger Qianlong mark and period yellow-ground
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE famille rose censer (36.8 cm. high) with similar decoration sold at Christie’s
PERIOD (1736-1795) New York, 14-15 September 2017, lot 1271 and also to the slightly larger
The impressive vessel is decorated and gilt around the exterior with the ‘Eight Qianlong mark and period famille rose censor (38.7 cm.) with similar
Buddhist Emblems’, bajixiang, amongst scrolling lotus, above three cabriole decoration but reserved on a white ground from the Collection of Dr Gordon
legs decorated with a single lotus scroll. The upright handles are decorated and Dr Rosemary Fryer, Christie’s London, 14 May 2013, lot 226.
with squared scrolls and further lotus, and the rim is centered with the reign
mark. The interior is enamelled turquoise, and the base is decorated with a
fowerhead within a puce foral border. 清乾隆 粉地粉彩八吉祥紋朝冠耳三足爐
11º in. (28.5 cm.) across the handles
礬紅六字篆書款
£15,000-20,000 $22,000-28,000
€18,000-23,000 來源:英國Gardener家族珍藏,家傳至今

PROVENANCE
Property from the collection of the Gardener family, Hertfordshire, by direct
descent.

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