Property of a Lady
A pair of cloisonné enamel 'lotus' tripod censers and covers, Marks and period of Qianlong | 清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝番蓮紋嵌寶象耳三足熏爐一對 《大清乾隆年製》款
Auction Closed
March 20, 05:40 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
the rim of each censer incised with a horizontal six-character mark, wood stands (6)
Height 13⅝ in., 34.5 cm
Collection of Charles Edwin Stanton (1909-1987), and thence by descent.
來源：
Charles Edwin Stanton (1909-1987) 收藏，此後家族傳承
Denver Art Museum, Denver (according to label).
展覽：
丹佛美術館，丹佛 (標籤)
It is extremely rare to find a pair of Imperial cloisonné enamel incense burners modelled with elephant trunk handles and legs, and with Qianlong reign marks. An individual incense burner of the period of similar form, but unmarked, was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 8th October 2007, lot 1308.
See another related incense burner with similar elephant head handles and feet and a recumbent elephant on the cover supporting a vase, included in the exhibition Tributes from Guangdong to the Qing Court, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1987, cat. no. 34.