A VERY LARGE GILT-COPPER PALACE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER QIANLONG

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A VERY LARGE GILT-COPPER PALACE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER QIANLONG

The deep burner raised on three scrolling cabriole legs with acanthus motifs and applied with two mask handles suspending loose rings, the wide everted foliate rim supporting the triple-domed pierced cover surmounted by a bud finial, the burner worked in medium relief on a stippled ground with continuous panels of scrolling lotus containing twin-fish motifs suspended from bats and chilong on a diaper ground, the rim with key-pattern and a continuous lotus meander, the cover with pierced panels of scrolling foliage reserved on a continuous composite floral meander
32in. (81cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare the pair of less elaborate gilt-copper incense burners with three-tiered covers in the audience Hall of Central Harmony illustrated in The Forbidden City, Forbidden City Press, pl.31.

A five-piece gilt-bronze garniture with related relief decoration is illustrated in The National Palace Museum Special Exhibiton of Incense Burners and Perfumers Throughout the Dynasties, Catalogue, pl.101

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