PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN FROM A EUROPEAN FAMILY COLLECTION
A CLOISONNE ENAMEL THREE-PIECE GARNITURE
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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL THREE-PIECE GARNITURE
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD
Comprising a tripod censer and domed cover, the reticulated gilt-bronze finial formed as a coiled dragon amid clouds; and a pair of pricket candlesticks with deep drip pans, all decorated with horned dragons or chimera grasping at dense multi-coloured lotus scrolls flanked by lotus lappet and ruyi head borders below futher lotus and composite flower-scrolls (minor losses and pitting to enamels)--the censer 18in. (46cm.) high (3)
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD
Comprising a tripod censer and domed cover, the reticulated gilt-bronze finial formed as a coiled dragon amid clouds; and a pair of pricket candlesticks with deep drip pans, all decorated with horned dragons or chimera grasping at dense multi-coloured lotus scrolls flanked by lotus lappet and ruyi head borders below futher lotus and composite flower-scrolls (minor losses and pitting to enamels)--the censer 18in. (46cm.) high (3)