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

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A FINE SMALL CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The compressed bulbous body raised on three cabriole legs decorated with a red lotus on the front and a small yellow flower on the back, and decorated around the sides with lotus scroll below a band of blue ruyi heads on the shoulder and sprays of florets on the waisted neck, with a pair of pierced bail handles rising from the rim, the reign mark incised on a gilt circle on the underside
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high, two Japanese wood boxes

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Compare the similar small cloisonné censer with slightly more compressed body illustrated in The Rolf Heiniger Collection of Qing Imperial Wares, Marchant & Son, London, June 2000, no. 15. Like the present censer it has a Qianlong four-character mark, but with the addition of a fifth character, zhi, inscribed on a small gilt plaque on the base.

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