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拍品專文
Incense burners of this type were made as part of a five-piece altar garniture, in which the censer is flanked by two gu-shaped vases and two candlesticks. For a Qianlong garniture set decorated with the bajixiang on a red ground, see the Special Exhibition of Incense Burners and Perfumers throughout the Dynasties, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1994, no. 105; and for a Qianlong tripod censer with the bajixiang on a white ground, see ibid. no. 120.
The use of just one color of enamel (in this case rouge enamel) on a plain white ground is unusual, and few examples appear to be published. However, a Qianlong-marked, rouge-enameled tripod censer with dragons is illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art - Chinese Ceramics IV - Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 177. Compare, also, a censer similar to the present lot sold at Bonhams London, 7 November 2013, lot 174.
The use of just one color of enamel (in this case rouge enamel) on a plain white ground is unusual, and few examples appear to be published. However, a Qianlong-marked, rouge-enameled tripod censer with dragons is illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art - Chinese Ceramics IV - Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 177. Compare, also, a censer similar to the present lot sold at Bonhams London, 7 November 2013, lot 174.