Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 1st July 2020
Lot 151
A CHINESE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE 'BAJIXIANG' TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £18000
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Description
A CHINESE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE 'BAJIXIANG' TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER, DING
SIX CHARACTER JIAQING MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1796-1820
The rounded body painted with the Eight Auspicious Buddhist Emblems dispersed amongst scrolling lotus, two sides set with tall upright S-shaped handles, with the reign mark and a band of key fret encircling the flat everted rim, together with a wood cover pierced with shou characters, 28cm high. (2)
Provenance: from an English private collection, probably acquired in the 19th or early 20th century, and thence by descent.
Cf. Christie's South Kensington, 12th May 2017, lot 391 for a related famille rose example with the same design.