QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1735-1796)
HEIGHT: 8.3CM
The censer is of cylindrical form with a lipped rim and raised on
three ruyi feet. The exterior is decorated in bright enamels against
a light blue ground, the body with two red shou 壽 characters
enclosed within stylised leafy sprays of lotus and the ruyi feet
with leafy florets. The base is similarly decorated save for a gilt
circle in the centre engraved with a four-character ‘Qianlong
nianzhi’ 乾隆年製 mark.
A Kangxi mark and period cloisonné enamel box and cover also
decorated with ‘shou’ character amidst lotus scrolls, is in the
collection of the National Palace Museum Taipei, illustrated in
Enamel Ware in the Ming and Ch’ing Dynasties 明清琺瑯器展覽圖錄,
Taipei, 1999, p. 96, Catalogue No. 25.
| 清乾隆 | 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋薰爐 |
| 「乾隆年製」款 |
