A FINE FAMILLE ROSE IRON-RED AND GILT-DECORATED TRIPOD CENSER - photo 1
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A FINE FAMILLE ROSE IRON-RED AND GILT-DECORATED TRIPOD CENSER

Lot 3079
30.05.2023 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Sold
HKD 1 260 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 3079 | A FINE FAMILLE ROSE IRON-RED AND GILT-DECORATED TRIPOD CENSER
Estimate value
HKD 600 000 – 800 000
A FINE FAMILLE ROSE IRON-RED AND GILT-DECORATED TRIPOD CENSER

JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)

The censer is finely decorated to each side with a pair of confronting five-clawed dragons in pursuit of the flaming pearl amongst bats and clouds. A bat and cloud design further embellishes the twin pierced upright handles, recessed neck and cabriole legs. The recessed ring to the base is decorated in pink enamels with bats and clouds encircling a central iron-red 'bat and cloud' design. The interior is enamelled turquoise.

14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm.) high, wood cover with an agate finial





Provenance

Offered at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 31 October 1995, lot 481

Sold at Christie's London, 14 May 2019, lot 315



Literature

Yeh Pei-Lang, Zhongguo caici, Shanghai, 2005, p. 148
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