ID 432454 
Lot 86  | A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CENSER AND COVER, FANGDING
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 40 000 
QIANLONG CAST FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The tapering rectangular censer has twin upright handles and is decorated to each side with raised flanges separating a taotie mask below a band of archaistic kui dragons, all supported on four blade-shaped legs emerging from mythical-beast terminals. The reticulated gilt-metal cover is decorated with pierced foliage and enamelled with angular scrolls and is surmounted by a finial in the shape of a Buddhist lion with a be-ribboned brocade ball.
15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) high
| Medium: | Acrylic glass | 
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| Auction house category: | Icons, Religious items | 
| Medium: | Acrylic glass | 
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| Auction house category: | Icons, Religious items | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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