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each with a compressed globular body rising from three short cabriole legs to a waisted neck, set at the rim with a pair of upright handles, the exterior decorated overall with meandering lotus and floral scrolls, the shoulder and tripod feet encircled by ruyi bands, set on the base with a gilt square cartouche incised with a four-character reign mark and a kuang character, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a gilt-bronze knop pierced with five bats in flight

One with a 2mm by 1mm chip to inner rim of censer. Otherwise both in good general condition, with the exception of some flaking and pitting to the enamels, mostly concentrated around the neck, feet and covers. Wear to gilt-bronze mounts.
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