A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ARCHAISTIC TRIPOD CENSER, DING
A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ARCHAISTIC TRIPOD CENSER, DING
A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ARCHAISTIC TRIPOD CENSER, DING
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A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ARCHAISTIC TRIPOD CENSER, DING

QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED MARK WITHIN A SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ARCHAISTIC TRIPOD CENSER, DING
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED MARK WITHIN A SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Decorated to the body with a wide band of three taotie masks between raised ruyi-head borders, above the three legs, each surmounted by a further taotie mask above stylised scrolls, the pair of upright handles decorated with key fret and the flat circular base with foliate scrolls, removable gilt-metal liner to the interior
9 ¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 20 September 2005, lot 115.
Literature
Michael S. Smith, Houses, New York, 2008, pp. 45-6.

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