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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION
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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘PIGEON’ CENSER AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The censer is fnely modelled in the form of a pigeon, the feathers delicately wired
and enamelled in blue and green and the eyes are inset with red glass beads. The
wings and back form a detachable cover.
7 ¿ in. (18.1 cm.) long
£20,000-30,000 $26,000-39,000
€23,000-34,000
PROVENANCE
With Yamanaka & Co. Ltd., London, 2 October 1929.
See a very similar Qianlong period censer from the Musée des Arts Décoratifs,
illustrated in Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties,
New York, 2011, p. 27, no. 110.
清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯鳥形香爐
來源:英國私人珍藏, 1929年10月2日購自倫敦山中商會
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