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A RARE PAINTED ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER It is very rare to fnd a Qianlong mark and period painted enamel tripod
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN RED ENAMEL WITHIN censer and cover of this type. One example with similar coin-shaped
DOUBLE SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) attachments but with its cover missing is in the Beijing Palace Museum,
The censer is elaborately decorated with colourful foral scrolls, bats and illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum -
lappets, with coin-shaped attachments between the pair of upright handles 43 - Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, Hong Kong, 2002, p. 238, no. 225. Another
and the mouth rim, all supported on three legs. The reticulated cover has a Qing Dynasty example with a similarly fnely reticulated cover is also in the
pierced ‘dragon’ fnial. Beijing Palace Museum, see ibid., p. 240, no. 227.
18¡ in. (46.8 cm.) wide across handles
£15,000-20,000 $20,000-26,000 清乾隆 銅胎畫琺瑯纏枝花卉紋雙耳三足龍鈕蓋爐 雙框
€17,000-22,000
「乾隆年製」楷書款
PROVENANCE
Private French collection 來源: 法國私人舊藏

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