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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN COLLECTION
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AN IMPERIAL YELLOW GLASS TRIPOD CENSER ᪺̗㡳 ྽⽗㷍ἼΎ˖㉛ᷴ 㢴ᑝᙌौಧ᜷ᕋטᢎ
QIANLONG WHEEL-CUT FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A
DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) ⮐㙽
The slightly compressed bulbous body is raised on three truncated 'SBO[ "SU卿Ƕ$IJOFTF "SU GSPN UIF )FEEB BOE -VU[ 'SBO[
conical supports, with a pair of loop handles rising from the flared $PMMFDUJPO (MBTTǷ卿✄Հݺ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿⤔⽚
flat rim. The opaque glass is of a rich yellow tone.
3 æ in. (9.5 cm.) across handles
ఫᙻ᳖ջ༈ᅡཌ଍⁒㯭ⰰᝳ୍ᡟ㇧໸卿㿩ᙠ଍Ԡᙇ㞔ज㋵ᥑἃ
HK$600,000-800,000 US$77,000-100,000 ⧎㏟ǯᬘ㖅Ӭ։ऱ᧙ݰԳ㪏㫐ᙹᡨᄓ᪪⎏⏟ַ։卿ݯᘘ㢙ᙻ㲞
ᳰԋᙔഌໝᙔ⁒㱦卿Ƕ⽯ᆴ⇬㖜厍ឪᜀ࡮⻦᳖ջ⅘∇Ƿ卿 㲞ᳰ卿
LITERATURE
ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚ǯ
Franz Art, Chinese Art from the Hedda and Lutz Franz Collection-
Glass, vol. 2, Hong Kong, 2011, pp.45, pl. 1101 ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴Ք⻦ᝳݦഩ‐≡⏁Ӳᅴᙠ଍卿⋁ԋ୞ᑐཨ༿⏟
Yellow glass vessels are very rare due to their strict restriction ⲋ⎏⻤ᙠ⯝⟾⡚ᙠӲ㑷‐卿ߒᙻǶݏ޵☌᭢Ÿ᳖༈㙁㗤⽔⅘∇
for imperial usage. A comparable example similar to the ଍Ƿ卿࢈՗卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ক ⽚ǯऔം㚍जᬘ㖅ݦ։
present tripod censer, also bearing a Qianlong mark in double ៏⣔ᙠԱ㑷‐卿ݯԋӬ։ᝪἃ⯦ሲ᳅֖ܿⅧ⻦卿ߎߣ㇦ᙻ㲞ᳰ
squares, in the Andrew K.F. Lee Collection, is illustrated צ೥ᇑ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᐽ৅ ⽚ࣿ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᐽ৅
in Elegance and Radiance, The Art Museum, The Chinese
University of Hong Kong, 2000, no. 54. ⽚ǯ
Two glass garniture sets, each including a Qianlong-marked
tripod censer of similar size but of opaque blue and pink
colours, from the Beijing Palace Museum, are illustrated in
Luster of Autumn Water. Glass of the Qing Imperial Workshop,
Beijing, 2005, pls. 117 and 118. Compare also to two opaque
turquoise glass tripod censers, one formerly in the Shorenstein
Collection and sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 December 2010,
lot 2919; the other sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2013,
lot 2310.

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