Lot 1 掐絲琺琅纏枝蓮紋爐瓶盒香具三式 | A THREE-PIECE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'LOTUS' INCENSE SET

掐絲琺琅纏枝蓮紋爐瓶盒香具三式 | A THREE-PIECE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'LOTUS' INCENSE SET

The vase with Qianlong four-character mark and of the period, together with a 'Thousand Character' wen mark; The censer 18th century with later cover; The circular box and cover Qing Dynasty

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The vase with Qianlong four-character mark and of the period, together with a 'Thousand Character' wen mark;
The censer 18th century with later cover;
The circular box and cover Qing Dynasty
The bottle vase with slender neck and pear-shaped body supported on a splayed foot, the foot rim and rolled lip rim finished with gilt, the underside gilded and carved with a four-character Qianlong mark and a single character Wen; the tripod censer of lobed body embellished with a pair of gilt bronze lion-mask loose-ring handles, the tiered gilt bronze cover cast with a cylinder knop with 'cloud' design; the circular box and cover with rolled rims supported by a short ring foot.
Vase: 5 3/16in (13.2cm) high;
Censer: 4 1/8in (10.5cm) high with cover; 3 3/8in (8.5cm) across;
Box: 2 15/16in (7.5cm) diam
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Footnotes
掐絲琺琅纏枝蓮紋爐瓶盒香具三式
清乾隆「乾隆年製」千字文 「溫」刻款 膽瓶
十八世紀 活環獅面耳鼎式爐 後配鎏金銅蓋
清 圓蓋盒
Collection of Henry Rasmussen (1882-1985), and thence by descent
Henry Rasmussen 先生（1882-1985）收藏，後由家族繼承
The single character below the Qianlong mark has been a subject of scholarly discussion. See Hu Luwen, 'The Meaning of 'Thousand Character' marks on Cloisonné Enamel Vessels during the Qianlong Period - Discussion on the Production of Cloisonné Enamel Incense Set', , July 2017, pp. 78-91.