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A LARGE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD

crisply cast, the globular body with a broad band of archaistic
kuilong, above pendent stylized cicada motifs, interrupted
by three stout legs issuing from grimacing lion masks, the
shoulder with a narrow band of ruyi heads above a row of
evenly spaced dots and C-shaped motifs, anked by a pair of
upright S-shaped handles decorated with kuilong and keyfret,
the neck with a further band of kuilong, carved to the interior
with ve characters reading yibai qishi jin (one hundred and
seventy catty), the galleried mouth similarly decorated,
centered with a recessed rectangular cartouche enclosing a
six-character mark
Height 20⅛ in., 51 cm
$ 300,000-500,000

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