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An archaistic gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamel incense burner
and cover
Qianlong
The rectangular censer raised on four stylised feet each extending from
a head of a mythical beast, the exterior decorated with archaistic taotie
motifs dividing eight vertical flanges, the mouth bordered by a band
of keyfret scrolls and shoulders the sides with a pair of upward arched
handles, all surmounted by a pierced ruyi-head cover with a Buddhist
lion finial at the top, the feet and cover enamelled in dark blue, the
body decorated in vivid colours of red, yellow and blue reserved on the
turquoise ground.
15.5cm high. (2).
HK$80,000 - 120,000
US$10,000 - 15,000
清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯獸面紋出戟蓋爐
See a comparable gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamel fang ding in
the Palace Museum, Beijing (accession no.119693), illustrated in
Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum. Enamels 3, Beijing,
2011, p.258, no.221.

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