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A FINE AND VERY RARE IMITATION-GILT
BRONZE ARCHAISTIC TRIPOD CENSER
QIANLONG IMPRESSED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE
PERIOD (1736-1795)
The censer is finely potted with a bulbous body supported on
three short tapering feet, rising to a lipped rim surmounted by
two upright loop handles. The mouth is moulded with a band
of archaistic cicada blades applied with greenish-turquoise
enamel simulating archaic bronze. The rest of the censer is
covered overall with a russet glaze suffused with gold specks
in imitation of gilt-bronze. The handles are further decorated in
gilt with dots, and the feet with classic scrolls.
4º in. (10.8 cm.) wide, box
HK$2,600,000-3,500,000 US$340,000-450,000

PROVENANCE
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 31 October 1995, lot 550

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