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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION

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A LARGE AND RARE TURQUOISE-GROUND FAMILLE
ROSE TWIN-HANDLED TRIPOD CENSER
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON-RED
AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

The body is enamelled with the Eight Buddhist Emblems, 清道光 松石綠地粉彩蓮托八寶紋鼎式爐
bajixiang, amidst lotus scrolls. One side of the mouth is inscribed 礬紅六字楷書款
with the reign mark, with the other side bearing the characters
hui fu si, the Temple of Wisdom and Happiness. The base 礬紅「慧福寺」、「九江關監督德順敬獻」楷書款
contains a further mark reading jiu jiang guan jian du De Shun
jing xian, which may be translated as ‘faithfully presented by the 此器造型端莊碩大、紋飾繁富華麗，底部「九江關監督
director of the Jiujiang Customs, De Shun’. 德順敬獻」款尤其罕見。
16º in. (41.2 cm.) high 德順乃道光時期任職最長的督陶官，從道光十二年到十
九年間負責監督景德鎮御窯廠之瓷器制作。廣西博物館
£30,000-50,000 $39,000-65,000 藏一礬紅彩勾蓮八寶紋鼎式爐，底部同樣署「九江關監
€35,000-57,000 督德順敬獻」楷書款，見2002年北京出版《廣西博物館
古陶瓷精粹》，第161頁，圖170。
PROVENANCE 來源: 英國私人珍藏，於十九世紀末入藏, 家傳至今

From a private English collection, acquired in the late 19th
century thence by descent within the family.

The mark on the base of the current lot is particularly rare.
Deshun was the longest serving superintendent of the imperial
kilns during the Daoguang reign, responsible for directing the
production of porcelain from the 12th to 19th year of Daoguang,
corresponding to 1833-1840. There are only a few known
examples of porcelain bearing this mark, including an iron-red-
decorated censer in the Guangxi Museum in China, illustrated
in Guangxi bo wu guan gu tao ci jing cui, Beijing, 2002, p. 161,
pl. 170.

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