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AN OPAQUE BLUE GLASS ‘LOTUS’ CENSER
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE
PERIOD (1736-1795)

The bombé-form censer is decorated with two everted loop handles to the rim. The body is fnely carved
with three layers of overlapping lotus petals.
3√ in. (10 cm.) wide across the handles

£10,000-15,000 $13,000-19,000
€12,000-17,000
(mark)
Compare this lot with a slightly smaller example from the collection of Robert Hatfeld Ellsworth,
30 illustrated in Clear as Crystal, Red as Flame: Later Chinese Glass, New York, 1990, no. 34.

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