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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 士紳藏品

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A VERY RARE MONUMENTAL CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL INCENSE The present lot is exceptionally rare for its imposing size and grandeur.
BURNER AND COVER, LU It mirrors Imperial architectural in its design by utilising a balustraded
Mid-Qing Dynasty and reticulated fence encircling the four-tiered domed cover.
The large incense burner resting on three caparisoned elephant heads
with long curving trunks between pointed tusks and almond eyes, Compare with a related champlevé enamel incense burner and cover,
the rounded body of the censer superbly enamelled with lotus scrolls mid-Qing dynasty, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the
in red, yellow, white, blue and pink on a purple ground, all beneath a Palace Museum: Enamels 3, Beijing, 2011, p.256, pl.220.
wide rim with smaller bands of lotus scrolls, supporting a balustrade
with reticulated confronting chilong, all surmounted by a majestic Many of the champlevé enamel wares were produced in Guangzhou
stepped, domed cover filled with further lotus scrolls, the upper section as Imperial tribute to the Qing Court. They are often characterised by
pierced, crowned by a magnificent finial shaped as a Buddhist lion and their massive size and splendour and would have graced the Yuanming
ball, the head forming the top of the finial with a roaring mouth and yuan amongst other palaces; see Tributes from Guangdong to the
bulging eyes, the large wood stand with silver-wire inlay. Qing Court, Hong Kong, 1987, p.54. Amongst the largest examples
88cm (34 5/8in) high x 84.5cm (33 1/4in) diam. (5). in champlevé enamel produced in the Guangdong workshops are the
incense burner in the form of an elephant, now in the Jin’an Hall, and a
£30,000 - 50,000 large pagoda, illustrated in ibid., pp.32-33, figs.4-5.
CNY270,000 - 450,000

清中葉 銅胎填琺瑯番蓮紋大蓋爐

Provenance: an English private collection, according to the owners
acquired prior to the early 1950s, and thence by descent

來源： 英國私人收藏，據傳購藏於1950年代初或以前，並由後人保
存迄今

Image courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing

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