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A YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE- This imposing and brilliantly enamelled yellow-
ROSE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER ground incense burner was most likely the
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF centrepiece for a five-piece altar garniture,
flanked by a pair of candlesticks and gu vases. Of
JIAQING
ding form, based on the shape of archaic ritual
vessels of the Shang dynasty, its cauldron-like
the compressed globular body rising from three
cabriole legs to a short neck with a galleried rim, shape supported on three curved legs reflect
flanked by a pair of upright everted handles each the predilection in the Qing dynasty for vessels
in the form of archaic bronzes of the Shang
pierced with a rectangular aperture and painted
and Zhou dynasties. Although altar wares
with a pair of pink and blue bats on each end,
the body brightly enamelled against a rich yellow could be manufactured in a variety of materials
ground with the beribboned baijixiang amongst and interpretations of the floral scroll motif,
the original profile of the archaic models was
meandering foliage and stylised lotus, the neck
retained.
encircled with further floral scrolls and with a
band of ruyi heads at the shoulders, the handles A smaller yellow-ground incense burner of this
and legs similarly adorned with leafy blooms, the form was sold in these rooms, 3rd October 2017,
base with a single bloom encircled by a pink band lot 3715.
of C-scrolls, the rim centred with a six-character
seal mark in iron red within a gilt rectangular
cartouche surrounded by a band of keyfret, the
interior enamelled turquoise
w. 28.4 cm, 11⅛ in.
HK$ 500,000-700,000
US$ 64,500-90,000

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