Page 191 - Christie's London Fine Chinese Ceramics Nov. 2019
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A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'ELEPHANT-HEAD HANDLE' 清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋雙象耳三足爐一對「大清乾隆
TRIPOD CENSERS AND COVERS
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER INCISED MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD 年製」刻款
(1736-1795)
Each censer is decorated with scrolling lotus tendrils on a turquoise ground, 來源:
supported on three caparisoned elephant-head legs set with hardstones. The
reticulated and tiered cover is decorated with further lotus scrolls below an 英國Drue Heinz(1915-2018)珍藏
elephant-form fnial.
12Ω in. (31.7 cm.) high (2)
£15,000-25,000 US$19,000-31,000
€17,000-28,000
This pair of censers may be compared with a very similar cloisonné censer
with reticulated cover and elephant-form legs with Qianlong mark, which
was sold at Christie's London, 9 November 2007, lot 56.
(marks)
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