A LARGE IMPERIAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL ARCHAISTIC CENSER AND COVER, FANGDING, QIANLONG MARK AND PERIODChina, 1736-1795. The tapering rectangular censer has twin upright handles and is decorated to each side with massive raised flanges separating finely enameled taotie masks surrounded by and below a band of confronting kui dragons, all supported on four blade-shaped legs emerging from mythical-beast terminals. The reticulated gilt copper alloy cover is decorated with pierced foliage, enameled with angular scrolls, and surmounted by a gilt finial in the shape of a Buddhist lion. The cover is neatly incised with a horizontal six-character mark da Qing Qianlong nianzhi on a gilt plaque and of the period.Provenance: Hong Kong trade. By repute acquired from an old private estate.Condition: Magnificent condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities, including expected pitting and tiny casting holes. The censer wobbles very slightly. No restorations or fills of any kind visible under the examination of strong UV light. Note that such a general state of preservation on a censer from this period is extremely rare.Weight: 8,338 gDimensions: Height 44.5 cm, Width 27.7 cmWith a custom fitted silk storage box. (2)The shape of this censer is based on ancient bronze vessels. The finely gilt blade-shaped legs, loop handles and flanges, along with the wide spreading taotie masks, all have their prototypes in Zhou dynasty bronzes, many of which are illustrated in Xiqing Gujian, 'Inspection of Antiques from the Zhou Dynasty', the catalogs of ancient bronzes in the Qing Court Collection compiled under the authorization of the Qianlong Emperor in 1755. Censers of this type not only served as an important part of the palace furnishing, but were also used in rituals, banquets, and imperial ceremonies.Literature comparison: Several similar cloisonne fangding-form censers have been preserved in the Qing Court Collection, which are found in varying sizes with different combinations of decorative elements. Compare the fangding with cover with a cloisonne enamel Qianlong six-character mark, similarly decorated with taotie design but with flat dragon-form legs in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Enamel Ware in the Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, no. 59 (33.8 cm). Compare also three examples in the Palace Museum, Beijing, the first dated to the early Qing dynasty with a gilt openwork cover, lion-form finial and flat blade-shaped legs (35.6 cm), the second with a cast Qianlong six-character mark without a cover and decorated with angular chilong motifs (28.7 cm), the third with a cast Qianlong four-character mark and decorated with taotie design with blade-shaped feet (48.3 cm), illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Enamels - 2 - Cloisonne in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Beijing, 2011, nos. 68, 245 and 246, respectively. Compare also one with a lion-form finial and reticulated panels on the cover (38 cm) in the Shenyang Imperial Palace Museum, illustrated in The Prime Cultural Relics Collected by Shenyang Imperial Palace Museum - The Enamel Volume, Shenyang, 2007, pp. 146-147, no. 1.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Christie's Hong Kong, 2 December 2015, lot 3250 Price: HKD 1,240,000 or approx. EUR 168,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A cloisonne enamel archaistic censer and cover, fangding, Qianlong periodExpert remark: Compare the closely related form and decoration as well as the similar size of 48.2 cm, the difference of 3.7 cm owed solely to the fact that the Buddhist lion on top of this censer has its body raised in an alert position, while it is shown in a rather huddled position on the present lot. Note also the absence of a reign mark.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Christie's Hong Kong, 30 November 2020, lot 2911 Price: HKD 4,750,000 or approx. EUR 570,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A superb imperial cloisonnne enamel 'taotie' fangding-form censer and cover, and a champleve stand, Qianlong periodExpert remark: Compare the closely related form and decoration as well as the similar size (46.5 cm excl. stand). Note the absence of a reign mark and the additional champleve stand.乾隆款及時期大型掐絲琺瑯饕餮紋出戟鼎式方蓋爐中國，1736-1795年。銅胎，纏枝蓮紋鏤雕蓋，鎏金臥獅蓋鈕，拱門式立耳；立耳和口沿下飾回紋，一面口沿中央有“大清乾隆年製”，腹面中央及四角鑲稜脊，爐身饕餮紋；神獸形四足。 來源：香港古玩交易，據説購於一個老收藏。 品相：狀況極佳，有輕微磨損和製造不規則，比如微小的鑄孔。香爐有輕微搖晃。在強紫外線的檢查下，看不到任何類型的修復體或填充物。 請注意，這一時期的香爐上如此保存狀態極為罕見。 重量：8,338 克 尺寸：高 44.5 釐米，寬 27.7 釐米 配置絲襯方盒。 (2) 此爐仿青銅器造型，精美的鎏金刀狀腿、拱形耳朵、折邊，寬幅的饕餮紋，均出自周代青銅器，多見於1749年乾隆帝授意開始編撰的《西清古鑑》中關於周代古物的研究。此類香爐不僅是宮廷器物的重要組成部分，還用於祭祀、宴請和宮廷大典。
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AN ALBUM OF SIXTY 19TH CENTURY INDIAN PAINTINGS watercolours on mica, some with a paper companion 'head', depicting a variety of domestic servants, religious figures and tradespeople, mostly 11cm x 8cm, loosely pasted and contained in Victorian gilt tooled blue leather album with bronze locking clasp, the front flyleaf pasted with photographs of Amy & Johnnie Fullerton, dated Edinburgh 1850
A Georgian officer's Mameluke sword, curved single edged 31" blade with traces of engraving, regulation gild hilt with two piece riveted ivory grips. One grip missing a piece at the pommel, three rivets missing as are the two sword knot rings, in its steel scabbard with three bronze mounts (a/f)Ivory within the handle and sold with APHA exemption permit: NXKKWBN7Successful bidders must organise their own shipping and any documentation (including resale where applicable).
Chinese or Tibetan bronze figure of the Buddha Shakyamuni, 18th Century or earlier, seated in dhyanasana, hands in bhumisparsa mudra, a jewel in his hair below his usnisa, robes with races of colured lacquer, on a double lotus throne with red colouring, 20cm highProvenance: Private collection, Clifton, Bristol, where previously used as a doorstop.
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