A RARE GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL PAGODA-FORM TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER

Lot 3057
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Lot 3057 | A RARE GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL PAGODA-FORM TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
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HKD 2 500 000 – 3 500 000
A RARE GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL PAGODA-FORM TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

The globular body is raised on three cabriole legs issuing from gilded lion masks, decorated on the exterior with taotie masks holding bi discs interspersed with archaistic kui dragons, and further flanked by two S-form handles. The cover is of pagoda-form and further surmounted by a large finial decorated with a shou character atop and lotus sprays on the sides.

28 3/8 in. (72 cm.) high





Provenance

Sold at Sotheby’s Parke Bernet Monte Carlo, 13 February 1983, lot 373, by repute

Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, by repute

Sold at Christie's Paris, Cloisonnés d’Exception- Collection Juan Jose Amezaga- Partie I, 13 June 2007, lot 23



Literature

Suzhou Museum, Colorful, Elegant, and Exquisite- A Special Exhibition of Imperial Enamel Ware from Mr. Robert Chang’s Collection, Shanghai, 2007, pp. 106-107



Exhibited

Suzhou Museum, Colorful, Elegant, and Exquisite- A Special Exhibition of Imperial Enamel Ware from Mr. Robert Chang’s Collection, 28 December 2007- 8 May 2008
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