QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARK CAST IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A LARGE IMPERIAL BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARK CAST IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The massively cast bombé body supported on three sturdy cabriole legs issuing from monster masks, and decorated around the sides in high relief with two pairs of dragons confronted on a flaming pearl amidst clouds, the shoulder decorated with a band of ruyi heads, with further dragons and clouds on the upright S-curved handles and on the outside of the mouth rim which is bordered by bands of key fret and cast on one side with the reign mark within a rectangular panel
14½ in. (37 cm.) high

Lot Essay

This large ding would have been part of a five-piece altar set, consisting of a censer, a pair of pricket-candlesticks and a pair of vases, such as the Qianlong-marked set in the Clague Collection, illustrated by R. Mowry in the exhibition catalogue, China's Renaissance in Bronze, Phoenix Art Museum, 25 September 1993 - 30 January 1994, p. 180, no. 38. See, also, the similar bronze censer of slightly larger size (18 in. high) illustrated by M. Goedhuis, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes, A.D. 1100-1900, London, 1989, no. 72.

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