A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CENSER AND COVER, FANGDING

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03.11.2020 14:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 86 | A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CENSER AND COVER, FANGDING
A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CENSER AND COVER, FANGDING

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

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