A VERY RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL BRONZE TRIPOD CENSERS AND COVERS
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER CAST SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
A VERY RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL BRONZE TRIPOD CENSERS AND COVERS QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER CAST SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) Each censer is heavily and finely cast in high relief with three full-face, five-clawed dragons protecting a flaming pearl, each positioned above one of the lion-mask-surmounted cabriole legs and flanked by two dragons also pursuing flaming pearls, their bodies extending around the sides. Further dragons and flaming pearls decorate the rim and the handles, and a pair confronted on a flaming pearl form a band on the cover below a band of eight ruyi heads that encircle the base of the pearl-form finial. The seal mark is cast on the underside of the censer. 15 ½ in. (39.4 cm.) high
A VERY RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL BRONZE TRIPOD CENSERS AND COVERS
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER CAST SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
A VERY RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL BRONZE TRIPOD CENSERS AND COVERS QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER CAST SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) Each censer is heavily and finely cast in high relief with three full-face, five-clawed dragons protecting a flaming pearl, each positioned above one of the lion-mask-surmounted cabriole legs and flanked by two dragons also pursuing flaming pearls, their bodies extending around the sides. Further dragons and flaming pearls decorate the rim and the handles, and a pair confronted on a flaming pearl form a band on the cover below a band of eight ruyi heads that encircle the base of the pearl-form finial. The seal mark is cast on the underside of the censer. 15 ½ in. (39.4 cm.) high
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