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A PAIR OF LARGE CLOISONNE interrupted only by six foliate-rimmed The present lavishly decorated pair of censers
TRIPOD CENSERS navy-ground ‘scrolling lotus’ medallions exemplify the high level of artistic and
evenly spaced around the body and a large technical achievement of cloisonné enamel
QIANLONG MARKS AND PERIOD
chrysanthemum blossom at the underside of craftsmanship during the Qianlong period (r.
each with a globular body set on three stout the belly, gilt bands at the feet and the edges 1736-1795). Cloisonné enamel censers of this
cabriole legs and surmounted by a short of each segment, a six-character reign mark type were likely used to furnish the temples
cylindrical neck and a wider upright mouth, incised at the rim, one censer with a metal liner located within the imperial compound.
the shoulder a# xed with a pair of tall S-curved (3) Compare a censer with cover, but with a more
handles, the entirety covered in continuous Width 17 in., 43.1 cm globular body and decorated with geometric
polychrome lotus and chrysanthemum kuilong and ß oral scrolls, from the Alfred
PROVENANCE
scrolls against a turquoise ground, the Morrison Collection and Fonthill Heirlooms,
coiling vines issuing spirals of new growth in American Private Collection, acquired in the sold at Christie’s London, 18th October 1971,
bright alternating colors, the dense pattern 1950s-60s (by repute). lot 110, and again at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st
December 2010, lot 3032; one decorated with
ß oral scrolls, illustrated in Sir Harry Garner,
Chinese and Japanese Cloisonné Enamels,
London, 1962, pl. 70; another enameled with

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