A GILT-DECORATED PAINTED ENAMEL INCENSE BURNER

QIANLONG

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A GILT-DECORATED PAINTED ENAMEL INCENSE BURNER
Qianlong
The deep-walled vessel raised on a flared foot and painted in large splotches of blue, green, olive green and deep red in imitation of an ancient bronze gui with vari-colored encrustation and patina, the archaistic decoration finely executed in gilding, with a pair of ring handles suspending loose rings, the interior turquoise; together with an unusual gilt-decorated blue-ground dish, Qianlong four-character seal mark in blue enamel and of the period, the interior painted in gilding with a central stylized flowerhead surrounded by lotus sprays, with further lotus sprigs on the reverse, all reserved on a rich blue ground, some restoration and cracks
4 3/8 and 7 7/8in. (11.1 and 19.9cm.) diam. (2)

Lot Essay

For other painted enamel vessels imitating archaistic bronze vessels see the jar with cover and the covered bowl illustrated in Masterpieces of Chinese Enamel Ware in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, 1971, nos. 42 and 43