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AN IMPRESSIVE BRONZE TRIPOD 'ELEPHANT' 清乾隆 銅太平有象三足爐 六字篆書款
CENSER AND COVER
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 爐由三象首支撐，兩側置象首立耳，象鼻高舉外捲。通體飾纏
(1736-1795) 枝蓮紋。蓋頂部臥象為鈕，上承寶盤，象身之下飾鏤空纏枝蓮
The well-proportioned body is cast in the form of an inverted 紋。
bell supported on three elephant-head feet, each with long 象首三足爐在宣德年代開始流行，台北故宮藏一宣德款例子，
tusks and bejewelled harnesses. The sides are flanked by a pair 戴於《故宮歷代香具圖錄》，台北，1994 年，頁 199，圖版 54 號。
of handles formed as elephant heads with their trunks elegantly
raised in an s-form. The trappings on the elephants are inlaid with 有數件同類的例子經拍賣，包括：一件相同例子售於 2018 年
turquoise, coloured glass, and hardstone inlays. The domed cover 12 月 17 日舊金山邦瀚斯拍賣，拍品 267 號；一件局部鎏金銅
is decorated with finely and intricately cast openwork scrolling 爐，定年十八世紀，2012 年 5 月 30 日於香港佳士得拍賣，拍品
lotus, surmounted by a recumbent richly-decorated caparisoned 4128 號；一件掐絲琺瑯紋飾相若的例子售於 2008 年 5 月 27 日
elephant, the saddle supporting the finial cast as an offering bowl 香港佳士得拍賣，拍品 1542 號；另一件 Kitson 舊藏掐絲琺瑯雙
bearing precious objects.
20 Ω in. (52 cm.) high overall, wood stand 摩伽羅耳三足爐，1961 年 2 月 21 日於倫敦蘇富比拍賣，拍品
258 號。
HK$700,000-900,000 US$90,000-120,000
The tradition of using three elephant heads as the feet of
imperial bronze censers and braziers can be traced back at 本拍賣品之木座由木黃檀屬的木製造而成。從 2017 年 1 月 2 日起，所有由黃檀屬的木製
成的物品受 CITES 出入口管制。除非獲得 CITES 再出口許可，此拍賣品只可運送至香港
least as far as the Xuande reign (1426 -1435). An example of a 境內的地址或從我們的香港拍賣場提取。請與專家部門聯繫以瞭解詳情。
censer, bearing a six-character Xuande reign mark, on which
the elephants balance on their rolled trunks, as on the present
lot, is in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei,
and illustrated in A Special Exhibition of Incense Burners and
Perfumers Throughout the Dynasties, Taipei, 1994, p. 199, no. 54.
Comparable vessels include: an identical example was sold at
Bonhams San Francisco, 17 December 2018, lot 267; a parcel
gilt bronze censer dated to the 18th century sold at Christie’s
Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot 4128; a similarly-decorated
cloisonné enamel sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 May 2008,
lot 1542; and a cloisonné enamel censer with makara handles
from the Kitson collection sold at Sotheby's London, 21
February 1961, lot 258.

This wood stand accompanying this item is made of a type of Dalbergia wood
which is subject to CITES export/import restrictions since 2 January 2017. This
item can only be shipped to addresses within Hong Kong or collected from our
Hong Kong saleroom and office unless a CITES re-export permit is granted. Please
contact the department for further information.

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