A PINK-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE 'BAJIXIANG' TRIPOD CENSER

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A PINK-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE 'BAJIXIANG' TRIPOD CENSER
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The impressive vessel is decorated and gilt around the exterior with the 'Eight Buddhist Emblems', bajixiang, amongst scrolling lotus, above three cabriole legs decorated with a single lotus scroll. The upright handles are decorated with squared scrolls and further lotus, and the rim is centered with the reign mark. The interior is enamelled turquoise, and the base is decorated with a flowerhead within a puce floral border.
11 ¼ in. (28.5 cm.) across the handles

Provenance

Property from the collection of the Gardener family, Hertfordshire, by direct descent.

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Lot Essay

Compare with the slightly larger Qianlong mark and period yellow-ground famille rose censer (36.8 cm. high) with similar decoration sold at Christie's New York, 14-15 September 2017, lot 1271 and also to the slightly larger Qianlong mark and period famille rose censor (38.7 cm.) with similar decoration but reserved on a white ground from the Collection of Dr Gordon and Dr Rosemary Fryer, Christie's London, 14 May 2013, lot 226.

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