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A SMALL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL
TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER
AND COVER
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER
MARK INSCRIBED IN A LINE AND
OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

The censer is raised on three legs
surmounted by lion masks and
decorated around the sides with lotus
scroll interrupted by a pair of lion mask
and loose ring handles. The cover has
further lotus scroll-decorated areas
of ruyi shape that interrupt openwork
cloud scroll below a Buddhist lion fnial.
The mark is inscribed on a gilt-bronze
plaque in the center of the underside.

6 in. (15.1 cm.) high, wood stand

$12,000-18,000

清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋蓋爐
《乾隆年制》楷書刻款

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