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1261 A very similar cloisonné enamel censer in the Palace Museum,
A RARE JADE-EMBELLISHED CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL Beijing, is illustrated in Gu gong bo wu yuan cang pin da xi. Fa lang
ARCHAISTIC CENSER qi bian. 3, Qing qia si fa lang - Compendium of collections in the
QIANLONG-JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820) Palace Museum. Cloisonné. 3, Qing dynasty cloisonné, Beijing, 2011,
The cloisonné enamel body is inlaid with a band of jade nipples p. 228, no. 193. The example in the Palace Musuem has a pierced
arranged in three rows between C-scroll borders and divided on two wood cover with a similar carved jade fnial to that seen on the
sides by a gilt-bronze fange and spanned on the other two sides cover of the present censer.
by the pair of white jade handles surmounted by animal masks, all
above a band of lotus scroll. The foot and neck are decorated with 清乾隆/嘉慶 掐絲琺瑯嵌玉乳釘紋簋
dragon scrolls separated by further gilt-bronze fanges, those on the
foot centered on white jade shou medallions and those on the neck
centered either on a small white jade animal mask or the handles.

9æ in. (24.8 cm.) wide across handles, wood cover with Yuan/Ming
dynasty (1279-1644) white jade openwork fnial

$60,000-80,000

PROVENANCE

Private collection, South Carolina.

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