Lot 90
90
A FINE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE CENSER AND COVER
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A FINE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE CENSER AND COVER

QIANLONG (1736-95)

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A FINE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE CENSER AND COVER
QIANLONG (1736-95)
The compressed globular body enamelled with four large ruyi-shaped medallions enclosing various flower heads and fruiting vine, reserved on a turquoise ground decorated with bats amongst cloud scrolls, all below a lappet band at the shoulder, flanked by a pair of prominent chilong handles and raised on four cabriole legs emerging from animal masks, the domed cover with similar ruyi motifs, below an elaborate pierced gilt knop finial cast with lotus blooms and foliage
16 in. (40.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Alfred Morrison
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Margadale of Islay, TD, removed from Fonthill House, Tisbury, Wiltshire; sold in these Rooms, 18 October 1971, lot 120, (incorrectly illustrated as lot 121 on plate 18).
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Lot Essay

This censer and cover was part of the collection formed by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897). He is believed to have commenced collecting in the late 1850s although a large number of pieces were added in 1860 or 1861 when he bought a large quantity of porcelain and cloisonné enamel items from Lord Loch of Drylaw (1827-1900), who had brought them back after the sacking of the Summer Palace, Peking, in 1860.

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