Lot 3118
3118
A RARE LARGE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A RARE LARGE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER

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

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A RARE LARGE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
QIANLONG CAST SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The censer is heavily casted with a globular body decorated with geometric pattern. It is raised on three lion-mask form feet rising to a waisted neck below a galleried rim with a keyfret border. The shoulder is set with a pair of upright curved handles.
30 1/4 in. (77 cm.) high, box

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Lot Essay

This magnificent censer was possibly part of a five-piece altar garniture such as a set illustrated in Qingdai Gongting Shenghuo, Hong Kong, 1985, p. 299, pl. 467, in situ in Xianruo Hall, located in the garden of Cining Garden, where the Empress Dowager and the Grand Concubine conducted Buddhist ceremonies. Compare also to another set cast with dragons, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 11 April 2008, lot 2826, the censer from this set is very similar in form and height to the present lot.

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