6th May, 2026 11:00
Live Sale: Chinese and Japanese Works of Art 2026
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A CHINESE PARCEL-GILT AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER, QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD
the compressed globular body decorated with scrolling lotus against a turquoise ground and set with a pair of gilt-bronze lion mask handles suspending loose rings, all supported on three lion mask cabriole legs, the domed cover with three lotus panels enclosing lotus scrooll and divided by pierced gilt ruyi clouds, all surmounted by a gilt-bronze Buddhist lion finial, the base with an inset bronze square incised with the four-character mark in a horizontal line, 14.5cm high
Provenance: Acquired in London in the 1960's.
一件局部鎏金掐丝珐琅三足盖炉，大清乾隆年制
Sold for £1,700
the compressed globular body decorated with scrolling lotus against a turquoise ground and set with a pair of gilt-bronze lion mask handles suspending loose rings, all supported on three lion mask cabriole legs, the domed cover with three lotus panels enclosing lotus scrooll and divided by pierced gilt ruyi clouds, all surmounted by a gilt-bronze Buddhist lion finial, the base with an inset bronze square incised with the four-character mark in a horizontal line, 14.5cm high
Provenance: Acquired in London in the 1960's.
Auction: Live Sale: Chinese and Japanese Works of Art 2026, 6th May, 2026
Highlights of Olympia Auctions' Chinese and Japanese works of art sale include an Imperially inscribed jade mountain from an Italian Noble family, a superb cloisonne enamel 'Egret' vase by the studio of Namikawa Sosuke from the property of an English Gentleman and a private Scottish Collection of Chinese works of art including bamboo carvings and jades. Other British private collections include Chinese snuff bottles predominantly collected in the first half of the 20th Century, and a collection of Japanese Satsuma ceramics including a large and impressive koro and cover.
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