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.


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