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PROPERTY OF A LADY 清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝番蓮紋嵌寶象耳
A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘LOTUS’ 三足熏爐一對 《大清乾隆年製》款
TRIPOD CENSERS AND COVERS, MARKS AND
PERIOD OF QIANLONG
來源：
the rim of each censer incised with a horizontal six-character Charles Edwin Stanton (1909-1987) 收藏，此後家
mark, wood stands (6) 族傳承
Height 13⅝ in., 34.5 cm
PROVENANCE 展覽：
Collection of Charles Edwin Stanton (1909-1987), and thence 丹佛美術館，丹佛 (標籤)
by descent.
EXHIBITED
Denver Art Museum, Denver (according to label).
It is extremely rare to find a pair of Imperial cloisonne enamel
incense burners modelled with elephant trunk handles and
legs, and with Qianlong reign marks. An individual incense
burner of the period of similar form, but unmarked, was sold
in our Hong Kong rooms, 8th October 2007, lot 1308.
See another related incense burner with similar elephant
head handles and feet and a recumbent elephant on the
cover supporting a vase, included in the exhibition Tributes
from Guangdong to the Qing Court, Art Gallery, The Chinese
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1987, cat. no. 34.
$ 30,000-50,000

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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘TAOTIE’ GU-FORM 清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯獸面紋花觚形飾
PLAQUE, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
Height 10⅜ in., 26.5 cm 來源：
Alfred William Cowperthwaite (1890-1964) 收藏，
PROVENANCE
此後家族傳承
Collection of Alfred William Cowperthwaite (1890-1964), and
thence by descent.
⊖ $ 6,000-8,000

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