A FINE AND VERY RARE IMITATION-GILT BRONZE ARCHAISTIC TRIPOD CENSER QIANLONG IMPRESSED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The censer is finely potted with a bulbous body supported on three short tapering feet, rising to a lipped rim surmounted by two upright loop handles. The mouth is moulded with a band of archaistic cicada blades applied with greenish-turquoise enamel simulating archaic bronze. The rest of the censer is covered overall with a russet glaze suffused with gold specks in imitation of gilt-bronze. The handles are further decorated in gilt with dots, and the feet with classic scrolls. 4 ¼ in. (10.8 cm.) wide, box Provenance Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 31 October 1995, lot 550
A FINE AND VERY RARE IMITATION-GILT BRONZE ARCHAISTIC TRIPOD CENSER QIANLONG IMPRESSED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The censer is finely potted with a bulbous body supported on three short tapering feet, rising to a lipped rim surmounted by two upright loop handles. The mouth is moulded with a band of archaistic cicada blades applied with greenish-turquoise enamel simulating archaic bronze. The rest of the censer is covered overall with a russet glaze suffused with gold specks in imitation of gilt-bronze. The handles are further decorated in gilt with dots, and the feet with classic scrolls. 4 ¼ in. (10.8 cm.) wide, box Provenance Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 31 October 1995, lot 550
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