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A PAINTED ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER AND PROVENANCE
COVER French Private Collection.
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
$ 30,000-50,000
the deep U-form vessel raised on three tall tapering legs and
set with a pair of upright loop handles to either side of the 㶭⋩ℓᶾ䲨ġġġ戭偶䔓䏢䐗㜦䞛䵈⛘䔒咖䲳㛅
rim, Þ nely enameled overall with lotus scrolls comprised of ⣑俛ᶱ嵛味䆸
lush pink ß owers issuing delicate curling green leaves and Ը๕
tender buds, interrupted at the center with a gilt-enameled
band of archaistic scrollwork, and a border of gilt overlapping 㱽⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷
sti" leaves encircling the top of each leg, all on a bright
turquoise ground, the domed cover similarly decorated
and pierced with six gilt ruyi-form apertures and a row of
overlapping petals around the double-tiered lingzhi-form gilt
Þ nial, the interior turquoise-enameled (2)
Height 6½ in., 16.5 cm
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