Lot 275
275
PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK CITY PRIVATE COLLECTION
A FAMILLE ROSE RETICULATED THREE-PART TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER

Details
A FAMILLE ROSE RETICULATED THREE-PART TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN BLUE ENAMEL AND OF THE PERIOD
Of cylindrical section, the censer raised on short cabriole legs and with everted rim, the central section of simple ring form, the domed cover with flowerhead finial, all pierced with archaistic dragons and fretwork and painted in shaded tones of pink, blue and whitish-green, the interiors and foot turquoise-glazed, cover restored--6 1/2 in. (16.5cm.) high
Provenance
Chait Galleries, New York

Lot Essay

It is rare to find an incense burner of this shape and palette bearing a Qianlong mark. The closest published example appears to be a famille verte, partially reticulated, domed censer in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, dated to the Kangxi period, illustrated in Masterworks of Chinese Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1969, no. 40