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PROPERTY FROM AN OLD FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTION 清乾隆 銅鎏金銀雲蝠紋三足朝天耳爐
《大清乾隆年敬造》款
A RARE BRONZE, SILVERED AND PARCEL-
GILT COPPER TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER The present incense burner is unusual for the composition
MARK AND PERIOD OF OF QIANLONG of its material, cast in bronze and covered with silvered and
gilt-copper reproducing the design in repousse technique.
the deep slightly rounded body supported on three tapering Originally part of a garniture comprising a pair of gu-shaped
cylindrical legs, the central register cast in relief with twelve vases, a pair of candlesticks and a tripod incense burner, the
open-winged bats flying amongst stylised clouds, between a present lot is comparable in its design of bats between clouds
thin floral band under the rim and lobed lappets below, the also found on a tripod incense burner that forms the central
square-lipped rim set with a pair of inverted U-shaped handles, element of a five-part garniture in the Summer retreat at
and cast with a Da Qing Qianlong nian jingzao (‘Respectfully Chengdu, illustrated in The Qing Emperors and the Chengde
made in the Qianlong period of the Great Qing dynasty’) mark Mountain Resort, Beijing, 2003, p. 75.
against a key-fret scroll
22.3 cm, 8¾ in.

HK$ 180,000-220,000
US$ 23,200-28,400

284 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比