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A PAIR OF CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL QUATREFOIL JARDINIÈRES AN ‘IMPERIAL-TRIBUTE’ PAINTED ENAMEL INCENSE BURNER
Mid-Qing Dynasty AND COVER, FANGDING
Each jardinière rising from a straight foot decorated with multi-coloured Red enamel Qianlong four-character mark and of the period
lappets and cast with relief designs of blossoming lotus and acanthus Of rectangular form, the broad stepped shoulder decorated with
leaves, the tree trunks set with glass leaves. lappets, the rim with a key-fret band, the exterior with bats, Buddhist
Each 32cm (11in) high (4). Emblems and lotus scrolls, supported on gently flared scrolled legs
issuing from lion masks, the stepped cover similarly decorated and
£4,000 - 6,000 surmounted with a gilt-bronze lion finial, wood stand.
CNY35,000 - 52,000 30cm (11 6/8in) high (3).
清中葉 銅胎填琺瑯番蓮紋海棠盆景 一對 £12,000 - 15,000
CNY100,000 - 130,000
Compare with a quatrefoil jardinière, decorated with blossoming
lotuses, mid-Qing dynasty, illustrated in The Compendium of 清乾隆 銅胎畫琺瑯福慶連連方鼎式蓋爐
Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels, Vol.4, Beijing, 2011, 紅彩「乾隆年製」楷書款
pl.24, p.54.
Provenance:
Christie’s South Kensington, 4 December 1997, lot 219
An English private collection, and thence by descent
來源: 1997年12月4日於倫敦南肯辛頓佳士得拍賣,拍品219號
英國私人收藏,並由後人保存迄今
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