QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK ABOVE AN INVENTORY MARK ZHENG AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK ABOVE AN INVENTORY MARK ZHENG AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The censer is of compressed form with a pair of small loop handles. It is brightly decorated with scrolling lotus below a band of ruyi-heads to the rim. Each of the three feet are also surrounded by ruyi-heads, which are separated by three floral sprays that surround the gilt bronze mark.
4 1/4 in. (10.7 cm.) wide, box

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Lot Essay

It is known from the imperial records that in the seventh year the Qianlong reign, the emperor commissioned for cloisonne enamel vessels to be made and inscribed with additional characters from the Thousand Character Classic. During the seventh to the eighth year the characters: tian, di, huang, yu, zhou, ri, yue ying, cheng, su, lie, zhang, lai qiu, dong, run, yu, cheng, sui, lu, lu, yang, yun, teng, zhi, yu, dia, jie, wei, yu, kun, gang, zhu, cheng, ye, qiang, chen, guo and hao, were used. For a discussion, see Zhang Rong, Reverence and Perfection, Magnificent Imperial Cloisonne Enamels from a Private European Collection, Christie's Hong Kong, 2013, pp. 8-9.

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