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QIANLONG
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A Cloisonne enamel tripod censer and cover
Qianlong
The compressed globular body raised on three tall legs issuing from gilded monster masks, the body decorated overall with a design of scrolling, leafy tendrils framing and suspending lotus blossoms, bats and shou characters on a light blue ground, below a leiwen band encircling the shoulder, the pattern repeated on the neck, cover and legs, the curved handles with a keyfret pattern, the cover with three pierced gilt-bronze quatrefoil medaillons depicting bats and stylised shou characters, the gilt-metal finial cast as a dragon admist clouds, its head with curled whiskers and protruding horns emerging from the top of the clouds, minor restoration
48.5 cm. high
Qianlong
The compressed globular body raised on three tall legs issuing from gilded monster masks, the body decorated overall with a design of scrolling, leafy tendrils framing and suspending lotus blossoms, bats and shou characters on a light blue ground, below a leiwen band encircling the shoulder, the pattern repeated on the neck, cover and legs, the curved handles with a keyfret pattern, the cover with three pierced gilt-bronze quatrefoil medaillons depicting bats and stylised shou characters, the gilt-metal finial cast as a dragon admist clouds, its head with curled whiskers and protruding horns emerging from the top of the clouds, minor restoration
48.5 cm. high
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