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The present lot is a particularly rare example of
its type, remarkably retaining what appears to be
its original liner. It would have formed part of an
incense set, which would have also included an
incense burner, a small box and cover, and a vase
with a set of chopsticks and a spoon-shovel. The
workmanship and design are very similar to such
a part-set, Qianlong marks and of the period,
illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the
Palace Museum: Enamels 3, Beijing, 2011, pl.4.

Compare a related cloisonné enamel incense burner,
Qianlong mark and of the period, which was sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2013, lot 2054; see
also a related small cloisonné enamel vase, Qianlong
mark and of the period, which was sold at our Hong
Kong Rooms on 30 May 2017, lot 117; and a small
related cloisonné enamel incense burner, Qianlong
mark and of the period, which sold at Christie’s
Hong Kong, 29 May 2013, lot 2055.

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