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A FIVE-PIECE PORCELAIN ALTAR SET
SIMULATING CINNABAR LACQUER,
WUGONG
Qianlong six-character seal marks, late 19th
century
Comprising: a tripod incense burner flanked
by a pair of curved upright handles; a pair
of candlestick holders with a wide drip-
tray; and a pair of beaker vases with a
bell-shaped base rising to a globular centre
surmounted by a trumpet neck, all moulded
and glazed simulating cinnabar lacquer with
gilt profiles against diaper, florets and key-fret
grounds, the interiors and bases covered in a
turquoise enamel.
The incense burner: 24cm (9 1/2in) high (5).

£3,000 - 5,000
HK$25,000 - 42,000
CNY23,000 - 39,000

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A WHITE GLAZED THREE-LEGGED
TOAD INCENSE BURNER
Late Ming Dynasty, 17th century
Moulded in the shape of a three-legged toad
with blue bugling eyes below thick eyebrows
with flaring nostrils and open mouth, the
bossed body covered overall in a white glaze,
with hardwood stand. 19cm (7 1/2in) long
(2).

£2,000 - 3,000
HK$17,000 - 25,000
CNY15,000 - 23,000
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Compare with an example published in
‘Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst - The East
Asian Art Society and the Prussian Academy
of Art, Berlin, 12 Jan to 2 Apr 1929’, fig.
1009.

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