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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL ARCHAISTIC
CENSER AND COVER, FANGDING

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

The censer, of rectangular cross section, is raised
on four blade-shaped legs . Each side is intricately
decorated with a taotie mask below a band of
similar stlyised archaistic dragons, separated by
gilt vertical flanges on four sides and corners.
The mouth rim is set with a pair of upright loop
handles. The domed cover is decorated with
pierced foliage and surmounted by a gilt finial in
the form of a Buddhist lion placing one paw on a
brocade ball.
15 in. (38 cm.) high

HK$150,000-250,000
US$20,000-32,000

PROVENANCE

Acquired in Moscow in 1989 by Tarik Yalvac,
Consul-General of Turkey to Hong Kong

清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯饕餮紋方鼎

來源
土耳其駐香港領事Tarik Yalvac
珍藏，於1989年購自莫斯科

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