Lot 3109
3109
A RARE ENAMELLED AND GILT-DECORATED SIMULATED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
A RARE ENAMELLED AND GILT-DECORATED SIMULATED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
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A RARE ENAMELLED AND GILT-DECORATED SIMULATED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER

QIANLONG IMPRESSED SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A RARE ENAMELLED AND GILT-DECORATED SIMULATED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
QIANLONG IMPRESSED SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The globular body raised on three short feet, divided into six lobes with rectangular panels moulded in relief depicting mythical and auspicious animals beneath blossoming branches, the raised decoration enamelled and highlighted in gilt on a mottled turquoise and lavender ground, the two side panels with lion-mask handles, all set against a mottled olive ground simulating bronze below a faux bois band to side of the rim, the interior covered in a cafe-au-lait glaze
8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) wide, Japanese wood box and pierced metal cover
Provenance
A Japanese Private Collection
Previously sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2006, lot 1355

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Lot Essay

The technical achievements in porcelain production during the Qianlong reign allowed of a great deal of experimentation at the official kilns to satisfy the Emperor's desire for innovation. One popular fashion was to simulate other materials such as lacquer, cloisonne, bronze and wood. The present censer exemplifies the popular fashion simulating more than one of these materials. In this instance the bronze shape and colour of the glaze is combined to achieve an effect of a simulated wood border and enamelled panels.

A very similar censer in the Palace Museum Collection, probably from the same mould, but with gilt decoration on a dark brown ground is illustrated in Gu taoci zi liao xuancui, juan 2, Forbidden City Press, Beijing, 2005, no. 222.

Compare also a simulated bronze Qianlong tripod censer from the Robert Chang Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 October 2000, lot 804.

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