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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER, DING
Qianlong
The vessel with a compressed bulbous body flanked by a pair of bail
handles, finely decorated with blossoming lotus issuing leafy vines
alternating with geometric interlacing designs ending in acanthus
leaves, all in multi-coloured enamels on a vibrant turquoise ground.
9.5cm (3 5/8in) wide.
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯蓮紋沖耳爐
Compare with a related cloisonné enamel incense burner, Qianlong
six-character mark and of the period, from the Qing Court Collection,
illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum:
Enamels, Cloisonné in the Qing Dynasty, 2, Beijing, 2011,
p.281, no.225.
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See also a related Imperial cloisonné enamel tripod incense
burner, incised Qianlong four-character mark and fei character
and of the period, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong,
28 November 2017, lot 34.
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A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL GU-SHAPED WALL VASE
Qianlong
Vibrantly enamelled in various colours on a turquoise ground with taotie
masks between foliage and stiff-leaf designs, within gilt rims and wire.
24cm (9 1/2in) high.
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯仿古饕餮紋觚式壁瓶

Compare with a related wall vase, Kangxi four-character mark and of
the period, illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz in Chinese Cloisonné:
The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, no.223.
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A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CHIME-SHAPED
LANTERN FITTINGS
Qianlong
Each in the form of a musical chime, reticulated and exquisitely
enamelled with archaistic scrolls and florets, with ruyi-shaped
terminals, the top ruyi formed from a double-headed chilong, the
heads joining a taiji symbol.
Each 26cm (10 1/4in) wide. (2).
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯磬式燈飾一對
The musical stone or chime was one of the ‘Eight Precious Things’ or
babao, including the pearl, lozenge, conch shell, coin, mirror, artemisia
leaf and books/scrolls. The musical stone symbolised harmony, and
thus perfection and justice.
See a wood and lacquer lantern in the form of a similarly-shaped
musical chime, mid Qing dynasty, at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire (acc.
no.NT 107453). See also a related cloisonné enamel lantern, Qianlong,
but in the form of a ruyi-head, which was sold at Christie’s New York,
19 September 2006, lot 100.
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