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1253 Incense burners of this type were made as part of a fve-piece altar garniture,
A ROUGE-ENAMELED TRIPOD CENSER in which the censer is fanked by two gu-shaped vases and two candlesticks.
For a Qianlong garniture set decorated with the bajixiang on a red ground,
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN ROUGE ENAMEL IN A see the Special Exhibition of Incense Burners and Perfumers throughout the
LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) Dynasties, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1994, no. 105; and for a Qianlong
The bulbous body is decorated in bright rouge with the Eight Buddhist tripod censer with the bajixiang on a white ground, see ibid. no. 120.
Emblems (bajixiang) surrounded by lotus scroll, with further lotus scroll on the
legs and waisted neck which is fanked by a pair of pierced, upright handles The use of just one color of enamel (in this case rouge enamel) on a plain
decorated on both sides with foliate scroll, and key fret on the narrow sides. white ground is unusual, and few examples appear to be published. However,
The sides of the thick rim are decorated with further key fret interrupted by a Qianlong-marked, rouge-enameled tripod censer with dragons is illustrated
a panel enclosing the nianhao and the top with classic scroll. The interior is in The Tsui Museum of Art - Chinese Ceramics IV - Qing Dynasty, Hong
covered in turquoise enamel. Kong, 1995, no. 177. Compare, also, a censer similar to the present lot sold at
14¡ in. (36.5 cm.) high, wood cover Bonhams London, 7 November 2013, lot 174.
$15,000-20,000 清乾隆 白地胭脂紅彩蓮托八吉祥紋朝冠耳三足爐 長方框單行六字篆書款
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