A Journey Through China’s History The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part II
A Journey Through China’s History The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part II
A monumental cloisonné enamel 'kui dragon' tripod incense burner, Mark and period of Qianlong | 清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯夔龍纏枝蓮紋雙耳三足鼎式爐 《大清乾隆年製》款
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A monumental cloisonné enamel 'kui dragon' tripod incense burner,
Mark and period of Qianlong
清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯夔龍纏枝蓮紋雙耳三足鼎式爐
《大清乾隆年製》款
the imposing incenser burner with a deep cylindrical body, surmounted by a short waisted neck and a broad mouth, supported on three solid gilt-bronze legs and flanked by two tall angular scroll handles attached to the shoulder and rim, the body decorated with cloisonné enamel bands alternating between confronted dragons with scrolling bifurcated tails divided by flaming pearls or shou roundels among dense clouds and colourful lotus flower heads among stylised leafy scroll, all on a turquoise ground, each section separated by a gilt-bronze band cast in low relief with lotus lappets at the rim, neck and shoulder, and another band of archaistic dragon scroll at the waist, the legs similarly cast with archaistic scrolls and accented with elaborate mane, the gilt-bronze mouth rim with a horizontal six-character mark
overall h. 123 cm
Collection of Lord Loch of Drylaw (1827-1900), by repute.
Collection of Alfred Morrison (1821-97), Fonthill House, Tisbury, Wiltshire.
Collection of the Rt. Hon. The Lord Margadale of Islay, T.D., J.P., D.L. (1906-96).
Christie's London, 31st May 1965, lot 133.
Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-97).
Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present, coll. no. Q9.35.
傳洛赫勛爵（1827-1900年）收藏
英國威爾特郡蒂斯伯里放山居艾弗瑞．莫里森（1821-97年）收藏
蘇格蘭艾雷島馬格代爾勛爵（1906-96年）收藏
倫敦佳士得1965年5月31日，編號133
吳權博士 (1910-97年) 收藏
吳蓮伯博物院，1968年至今，編號Q9.35
Rose Kerr et al, Chinese Antiquities from the Wou Kiuan Collection. Wou Lien-Pai Museum, Camberley, 2011, cat. no. 167.
柯玫瑰等，《吉塞島吳蓮伯博物館》，坎伯利，2011年，編號167