A RARE PAINTED ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER

QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN RED ENAMEL WITHIN DOUBLE SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A RARE PAINTED ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN RED ENAMEL WITHIN DOUBLE SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The censer is elaborately decorated with colourful floral scrolls, bats and lappets, with coin-shaped attachments between the pair of upright handles and the mouth rim, all supported on three legs. The reticulated cover has a pierced 'dragon' finial.
18 3/8 in. (46.8 cm.) wide across handles

Provenance

Private French collection

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Lot Essay

It is very rare to find a Qianlong mark and period painted enamel tripod censer and cover of this type. One example with similar coin-shaped attachments but with its cover missing is in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 43 - Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, Hong Kong, 2002, p. 238, no. 225. Another Qing Dynasty example with a similarly finely reticulated cover is also in the Beijing Palace Museum, see ibid., p. 240, no. 227.

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