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A PAIR OF SMALL AND RARE FAMILLE-ROSE 清乾隆 粉彩朝貢圖香插一對
‘TRIBUTE BEARERS’ INCENSE HOLDERS 《乾隆年製》款
SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG
來源：
each delicately modelled with a tapering cylindrical body 香港佳士得1997年4月27日，編號761
resting on a slightly larger splayed foot, surmounted by a
gently concave band decorated with three gilt scroll flanges
below the mouthrim, the body divided into two main registers
by a gilt flange, the upper register decorated with a continuous
scene depicting various birds against a tranquil riverscape
arboured with tall trees and set with jagged rockwork, the
lower register with a similar riverscape and further detailed
with small pavilions and various tribute bearers, some
portrayed with foreign features and adorned in foreign attire,
below the grooved band encircling the rim and finely picked
out in pink enamel with floral and scrolling motifs against
a pastel pink ground, all above a further pink-ground band
encircling the foot with feathery scrolls and ‘horse-hoof’
motifs, the turquoise-enamelled base centred with an iron-
red four-character seal mark within a white cartouche, wood
stands
11.5 cm, 4½ in.

PROVENANCE
Christie’s Hong Kong, 27th April 1997, lot 761.

HK$ 700,000-900,000
US$ 90,500-117,000

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