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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN PRIVATE Exceedingly rare, the present Yongzheng period tripod
COLLECTION censer most closely compares to another of the same form,
but with peach-form reserves against the yellow-ground
A BEIJING ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER
peony meander sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3rd November
YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD 1998, lot 1050. See also another closely related censer,
but Kangxi period, included in Hugh Moss, By Imperial
of compressed spherical form, raised on three short, tapered
feet, the metal body Þ nely enameled with an elegant ß oral Command, Hong Kong, 1976, pl. 1. Another Kangxi period
meander of pink and blue peony blooms borne on sinuous example of similar form but lacking handles is illustrated in
stems issuing twisting green leaves all on a bright yellow Sotheby’s Hong Kong Twenty Years, 1973-1993, Hong Kong,
ground, the gilt metal rim set with a pair of upright loop 1993, pl. 416, and sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 21st May
handles to either side, the interior turquoise-enameled, the 1980, lot 267.
base with a four-character reign mark enameled in red on a $ 30,000-50,000
white ground within a double square
Height 2¾ in., 7 cm 㶭晵㬋ġġġ戭偶䔓䏢䐗湫⛘丷㝅咖䲳㛅⣑俛ᶱ
嵛䆸
PROVENANCE
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Toms. ˪晵㬋⸜墥˫㫦
Sotheby’s London, 8th June 1995, lot 54.
Sotheby’s New York, 8th September 1996, lot 104. Ը๕
ReginaldġTomsġằ⃟㓞啷
ΐ㔎喯⭴㭼1995⸜6㚰8㖍炻䶐嘇54
䲸䲬喯⭴㭼1996⸜9㚰8㖍炻䶐嘇104

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