QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A LARGE YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE TRIPOD CENSER
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The censer is sturdily potted and enameled on the body with the Eight Buddhist Emblems amidst lotus flowers and tendrils extending onto the cabriole legs, all beneath a band of ruyi-heads on the shoulder, and is flanked by a pair of upright curved handles. The waisted neck is encircled by floral scroll below a key-fret band on the galleried rim which is interrupted on one side by the reign mark inscribed in a horizontal line.
14 ½ in. (36.8 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare the Qianlong mark-and-period tripod censer of slightly larger size (38.7 cm. high) with similar decoration, but reserved on a white ground, from the collection of Dr. Gordon and Dr. Rosemary Fryer, sold at Christie’s London, 14 May 2013, lot 226.

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