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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DOUGLAS G BUCHER
(1947-2023), SOLD TO BENEFIT THE RENSSELAER COUNTY
HISTORIC SOCIETY/HART CLUETT MUSEUM
355 ¤
TWO ARCHAISTIC BRONZE AND PEWTER LIBATION CUPS,
JUE
Qing Dynasty
Bronze jue dated by inscription to the 3rd year of Qianlong,
corresponding to 1738
The bronze vessel heavily cast with short cylindrical body supported
by three slender feet, a pair of posts with stepped finials rising from the
flaring rim, the body detailed with three rows of keyfret and centered
by a mask-form ring handle, the underside of the flaring rim cast with
a nine-character inscription within a rectangular panel; the pewter jue
finely modeled with globular body divided by four flanges and each 355
section finely chased with a floral medallion, the petal-shaped flaring
rim finely chased with a three-claw dragon over ring-punched ground,
a pair of mask-decorated ring handles connecting the vessel to the
rim, all supported by three cabriole legs, the underside of the rim cast
with a thirteen-character inscription within circle. (2)
Bronze jue: 6 1/2in (16.5cm) high;
Pewter jue: 3 5/8in (9.2cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500

清 乾隆三年款仿古青銅爵 汕頭德和號款仿古點銅錫爵 各一件
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

The inscription of the bronze jue may be read as: 乾隆三年仲冬吉旦
製, and translated as: Made on the auspicious day of Winter in the 3rd
year of Qianlong.
The inscription of the pewter jue may be read as: 汕頭 双料正莊 德和
號 真料點銅
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DOUGLAS G BUCHER
(1947-2023), SOLD TO BENEFIT THE RENSSELAER COUNTY
HISTORIC SOCIETY/HART CLUETT MUSEUM
356 ¤
A CHAMPLEVÉ BLUE ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
18th/19th century
The compressed globular body flanked by a pair of dragon handles
and raised on three mask-decorated cabriole legs, the domed
openwork cover surmounted by an openwork knob featuring a dragon
amidst scrolling clouds below a shou medallion, the shou medallion
repeats on the cover, the vessel, and the legs, the blue enamel
accentuated with dark purple in areas, the gilt metal finely detailed with
scrolling lotus, bat and wan patterns.
10 3/8in (26.5cm) high, incl. wood base
$2,000 - 3,000

十八/十九世紀 內填琺瑯《蓮壽萬福》蟠龍耳三足鼎式蓋爐
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
Compare the closely related cloisonné enamel tripod censer and cover,
in the collection of the Taipei Palace Museum, illustrated in The Mystery 356
of the Jingtai Cloisonné Unveiled, Taipei, 2022, no.II-37.

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