Lot 3269
3269
A RARE PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL INCENSE HOLDERS
A RARE PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL INCENSE HOLDERS
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A RARE PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL INCENSE HOLDERS

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

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A RARE PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL INCENSE HOLDERS
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each holder is cast with shallow rounded sides rising from a flat base, the centre is applied with a small vase-shaped stand and decorated with four archaistic dragons reserved on yellow-ground ruyi panels. The well and exterior sides are decorated with peony blossoms and lotus flowers on the reverse, all reserved on a turquoise ground.
4 1/4 in. (11 cm.) diam.
Provenance
French private collection, acquired in the 1960s

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Lot Essay

the present pair of incense holders appears to be a very rare example. Compare to a published Qianlong-marked example of similar size and design, also with archaistic dragons in lapis lazuli colour, in the Clague Collection illustrated in Chinese Cloisonne, Phoenix, 1980, p. 116, pl. 51.

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