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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN COLLECTION
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A SMALL FAMILLE ROSE INCENSE HOLDER
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE
PERIOD (1736-1795)
The square-section vessel is decorated to the cover with fower sprays
surrounding a central pierced opening, the sides are enamelled with prunus
and lingzhi and nandina berries and narcissus, separated by a poetic
inscription contacting an excerpt from the Tang poem ‘Feng He Lu Wang Xin
Xia Dong Jiao Xian Fan’ by Pi Rixiu (834/839-902) and three seals in iron red.
The interior and base are glazed turquoise.
2 in. (5 cm.) high
£15,000-20,000 $20,000-26,000
€17,000-22,000
清乾隆 粉彩花卉紋詩文香插 礬紅六字篆書款 (mark)

題「碧簑裳下攜詩草，黃蔑樓中掛酒篘」
來源: 重要亞洲私人珍藏

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