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QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL THREE-PIECE ALTAR GARNITURE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The censer is decorated on each side with a taotie mask surrounded by archaistic scrollwork shaped as chilong below a pair of upright loop handles flanked on the narrow sides, all raised on four blade legs emerging from gilt-bronze animal heads. The cover of the censer with four pierced panels and is surmounted by a finial in the form of a lion. The pair of vases are also decorated with taotie masks at the mid-sections and enamelled with plantain leaves flanking lotus scrolls on the trumpet necks and spreading foot, the interiors are further decorated with lotus scrolls and each fitted with a pricket stick pierced through a square liner with seven apertures to resemble a lotus pod.
The censer: 19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) overall height, wood stand
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The censer is decorated on each side with a taotie mask surrounded by archaistic scrollwork shaped as chilong below a pair of upright loop handles flanked on the narrow sides, all raised on four blade legs emerging from gilt-bronze animal heads. The cover of the censer with four pierced panels and is surmounted by a finial in the form of a lion. The pair of vases are also decorated with taotie masks at the mid-sections and enamelled with plantain leaves flanking lotus scrolls on the trumpet necks and spreading foot, the interiors are further decorated with lotus scrolls and each fitted with a pricket stick pierced through a square liner with seven apertures to resemble a lotus pod.
The censer: 19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) overall height, wood stand
Provenance
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1407
Sale room notice
Please note that the estimate of this lot is: HK$1,500,000 – 2,600,000
請注意，此拍品的估價為：HK$1,500,000 – 2,600,000
請注意，此拍品的估價為：HK$1,500,000 – 2,600,000
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