A TURQUOISE-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE TRIPOD CENSER DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

the compressed globular body supported on three cabriole legs, rising to a short cylindrical neck with a galleried rim, flanked by a pair of upright curved handles with pierced cash-coin struts, the exterior brightly enamelled against a turquoise ground with beribboned bajixiang interspersed with meandering lotus scrolls below a band of ruyi heads, the neck encircled by an undulating lotus scroll, the legs and handles similarly decorated and bordered by keyfret bands, the galleried rim with a horizontal rectangular cartouche inscribed with a six-character seal mark reserved on a keyfret band

Acquired by the father of the present owner in the early 20th century.
An English Private Collection.

There is restoration to the left handle, where it has been broken off close to the body (and in half) . There is also restoration to two of the legs at the join to the body. There is a firing crack to the right handle just below the rim. There is some scratches to the glaze to the interior and some minor ones to the exterior.
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