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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A MAGNIFICENT AND VERY LARGE IMPERIAL 清乾隆 御製掐絲琺瑯花卉如意肩鳳耳三足蓋爐
CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘PHOENIX’ TRIPOD
CENSER AND COVER 爐唇口，短頸，矮圓腹，圓底，三足。通體藍琺瑯釉為地。腹部飾五彩
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) 奇花異卉，襯托繁縟的草葉錦地，一派生機盎然的氣象。肩部六雲肩開
光內飾各式奇卉，兩側置鎏金立鳳耳，雙鳳立體精鑄，引頸昂首，垂尾
The compressed globular censer is elaborately decorated with a 內卷，羽翼上揚。口沿下飾鎏金蓮瓣紋。拱形蓋面三雲肩開光花卉紋，
dense design of linked lotus blossoms, exotic flowers and berries 與腹部相若。蓋頂鎏金雲龍鈕，飾蛟龍戲珠，下承壽山福海。底鑲全鎏
amidst foliate scrolls, below six ruyi-shaped panels enclosing 金飛龍足。
further composite flowers and plants reserved on a purple ground
around the shoulder. The body is supported on three gilt-bronze 來源
blades emerging from dragon-heads, and is flanked by a pair 怡和集團創辦人威廉・渣甸（1784-1843 年）舊藏
of magnificent gilt-bronze handles cast in the form of phoenix 羅拔・渣甸（1784-1843 年）爵士珍藏
in profile with elegantly upcurving feathery wings. The broad 倫敦蘇富比，1974 年 11 月 12 日，拍品 163 號
mouth is encircled with a gilt band of lappets. The domed cover
is enamelled with further ruyi-shaped panels containing flowering 著錄
branches, surmounted by a gilt knop finial pierced with a scaly 《至尊華貴 — 歐洲私人珍藏御製掐絲琺瑯器》，香港，2013
dragon and a flaming pearl amidst dense clouds and rocks. 年，編號 2
31 æ in. (80.6 cm.) high
HK$4,000,000-6,000,000 US$520,000-770,000
PROVENANCE
William Jardine (1784-1843), the founder of Jardine Matheson
Sir Robert Jardine (1825-1905)
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 12 November 1974, lot 163
LITERATURE
Reverence and Perfection: Magnificent Imperial Cloisonné Enamels from a
Private European Collection, Hong Kong, 2013, no. 2

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