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A HUANGHUALI RECTANGULAR INCENSE BURNER STAND A RARE BLUE-GROUND SILK ‘LOTUS’ THRONE COVER
Mid Qing Dynasty Qianlong
The single-panel top set within a rectangular frame, above a narrow The rectangular cover delicately embroidered in gilt thread with a central
waist and apron carved with stylised archaistic scrolls, the elegant legs panel enclosing an oblong cartouche defined by interlocking borders
of square section joined by humpback base stretchers. and decorated with a blossoming lotus flower issuing from curving
85cm (33 1/2in) high x 34.5cm (13 5/8in) deep x 45.5cm (17.8in) wide. tendrils and acanthus leaves, amidst further lotus depicted in different
blossoming stages amidst hovering bats, their eyes picked out in
£6,000 - 8,000 ‘Peking knot,’ the border similarly decorated with a profusion of lotus in
various orientations interspersed amidst a continuous leafy meander.
CNY53,000 - 71,000
140cm (55in) wide 106.5cm (42in) long.
清中期 黃花梨四足有束腰長方香几
£10,000 - 15,000
CNY89,000 - 130,000
For a discussion on incense stands, their origins and use, see
S.Handler, Austere Luminosity of Classical Chinese Furniture, Berkeley,
2001, pp.295-302, where the author explores the inspirational role 清乾隆 藍地盤金繡纏枝蓮紋寶座褥
played by the incense stand in the life of the Chinese literati who would
commonly use incense to induce a poetic state of mind. Provenance: Linda Wrigglesworth, London

來源：英國倫敦古董商，Linda Wrigglesworth

Compare with a similar blue-ground silk ‘lotus’ cushion cover, 18th
century, embroidered in blue and peach coloured satin silks, illustrated
in Spink and Son Ltd., Threads of Imagination, London, 199, no.26.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.