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THE PROPERTY OF A HONG KONG COLLECTOR
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         AN EXTREMELY RARE TURQUOISE-GROUND                ᪺̗㡳   ᖳ⊆⚸঄⣨⣺☾ྑ㣅㹪♄㢴⡪㸆མᷴ
         ROUGE-ENAMELLED ‘DRAGON’ TRIPOD                                               ⣨⣺☾ྑՎಧ╌ᕋ៹ᢎ
         CENSER
                                                           ϝᬝ
         QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN ROUGE ENAMEL IN A
         LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)                ըὙԠⅧ⻦卿ٳᘹ⼖༛ᬘ卿    ჺ  ᝲ  ᚚ卿ᐽ৅   ⽚
         The censer’s bulbous sides are finely decorated in bright rouge   ᫉㯸଍௛⎏㫐⪆䀢ᅴ‐ࣥἃՆ؊ԋ⎏ݯԋӬ؊ǯՆ؊⊐㫐≡Ǯ
         enamel against a turquoise ground with a five-clawed dragon   㫐ῴझࣿӬ‐ᦔᎰӬഩǯ⩧⬄⬖⡚ᆭ༰ᙻ᳖ջ⯇㇛ᰑ۔ݣԋஇ
         leaping amidst clouds. The handles are decorated with further
                                                           ⎏׆ᵐᆭ㞏卿ߣलǸ⺵⺪⡚ǹǮǸ⬄⬖᭢ǹ✙ǯݯ⁞㿽ἃս㞖
         clouds, as are the three cabriole legs and the recessed neck. The
                                                           ἃⶬⰰ࠲卿㞖⎏അ༫սࣿӶऱ῟ㅳᵐᄟᝯײⰰ㊽߅→ڍ⟾Ǯڍ
         rims are with keyfret bands, reserving a six-character reign mark
                                                           ⡚Ꮅڍ⡻⎏Ӷऱᘤ៧ǯ᚝ឆᄮᾭჺ㧿୬㙁܎ᚮ㏟⩧ई㩨߰卿ᇌ
         in a line on the centre of the mouth. The interior is covered in
         turquoise enamel.                                 ⯍㫇ǮԳᛞឆᏝᅓἃ፽⊇ǯ࢈՗இ།ࢷ⁒㱦Ք⻦ᝳӬ։᳖Գ㪏
         9 ƒ in. (24.2 cm.) high                           ៏⒢⣔஠⬄⬖ᆭ㫡䂆⡠ぞ⪆Ꮣ≡卿߅‸ᙻǶԋஇஇ།ࢷ⁒㱦㱦
                                                           ⻦ᙔ⁒Ⓔ♾ऐᝧĜ≢଍࣍卻᳖ջ卼Ƿ卿ӳᱡ卿    ჺ卿㮰   卿
         HK$2,800,000-3,800,000        US$360,000-490,000
                                                           எ‸⤔⽚   ǯᇍ᭄⻱ワ㱦Ք⻦ᝳӬ։⎊஠⬄⬖ᆭ⎏㫐䂆Ꮘⅸ䀢
                                                           ᅴ‐卿ߒᙻǶ㪃≢Ĥ᳖ջǷ卿✄୨ݺ卿㲞ᳰ卿    ჺ卿எ‸⤔
         PROVENANCE
         Edward T. Chow Collection, sold at Sotheby’s London, 16   ⽚   ǯऔजᬘ㖅झ࢈ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴Ꮢ⻦Ӭ։ݨ༾⡠⎊஠⟾ᆭ䀢ᅴ
         December 1980, lot 582                            ‐卿㖊ᙻǶᘢ༈᫓ջ㲞ݰஎ㢙Ƿ卿झ࢈卿    ჺ卿எ‸   ⽚ǯ
         This censer appears to be unique as no other censer of this
         shape and decorative scheme has been recorded. A related
         Qianlong mark-and-period hu-form vase with dragon-form
         handles decorated in rouge enamel on turquoise ground in
         National Museum of China, Beijing, is illustrated in Studies
         of the Collections of the National Museum of China, Shanghai,
         2007, pl. 107, p. 163 (fig. 1). A similar censer decorated in
         rouge enamels with a pair of five-clawed dragons chasing
         ‘flaming pearls’ but on a white ground, is illustrated in The
         Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics: Qing Dynasty, vol. 4,
         Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 177. A second censer of this approximate
         size and date but decorated with the Eight Buddhist Treasures
         in famille rose on a white ground, is included in National
         Palace Museum, Taipei, Special Exhibition of Incense Burners
         and Perfumers throughout the Dynasties, Taipei, 1994, no. 120.


















                                                                  fig. 1  Collection of the National Museum of China
                                                                          எӬ  ԋஇஇ།ࢷ⁒㱦⻦৅



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