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AN IMPERIAL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD 清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋三足爐
CENSER AND GILT-BRONZE CHAMPLEVE 連鏨胎琺瑯透雕蓮紋蓋 「大清乾隆年製」刻款
ENAMEL COVER

QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE AND OF
THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The compressed globular body is enamelled against a turquoise
ground with a dense lotus foliage below a band of lotus scroll
encircling the curved neck and a chrysanthemum bloom on the base,
all raised on three cabriole legs and flanked by a pair of openwork
chilong-form handles on the shoulders, with the reign mark finely
incised on the side of the mouth rim. The openwork cover is
decorated with a band of lotus scroll in champleve enamel above a (mark)
band of angular dragons shown in pairs, surmounted by a finial in
the form of a coiled dragon amidst clouds.
18º in. (46.5 cm.) high

HK$1,200,000-1,800,000 US$160,000-230,000

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