An Imperial cloisonné enamel tripod incense burner

Incised Qianlong four-character mark and fei character and of the period

Footnotes

清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋乳足爐
陰刻「乾隆年製」、「飛」楷書款

Compare a cloisonné enamel incense burner of very similar form and design, but with an additional mian-character mark in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Enamels, Cloisonné in the Qing Dynasty, 2, Beijing, 2011, p.280, no.224.

The incense burner belongs to a group of gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamel works of art with incised Qianlong kaishu marks and an additional single-character kaishu mark. For a discussion relating to the additional character mark, please refer to Lot 33.

A similar cloisonné enamel tripod incense burner, Qianlong mark and period (with an associated cover), was sold in our London Rooms, 12 November 2015, lot 218; see also a related cloisonné enamel tripod incense burner, Qianlong mark and period, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 14 May 2014, lot 140; and compare a related cloisonné enamel 'chrysanthemum' tripod incense burner, Qianlong mark and period, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2013, lot 2059.

北京故宮博物院清宮舊藏一件清乾隆掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋乳足爐，底鐫「面」字款，其器形、紋飾均與此香爐一致，見《故宮博物院藏品大系：琺瑯器編2清掐絲琺瑯》，北京，2011年，頁280，編號224；另見同著錄一例，紋飾稍有不同，頁281，編號225。

乾隆時期御製銅胎掐絲琺瑯器除鐫刻紀年款外，還會出現附加刻字款，俗稱千字文款。有關千字文探討，請參考拍品編號33腳註。

邦瀚斯倫敦曾經售出清乾隆一例（後配蓋），2015年11月12日，拍品編號218；另見蘇富比倫敦售出一例，2014年5月14日，拍品編號140；佳士得香港曾售出一件器形類似的清乾隆纏枝菊紋乳足爐，2013年5月29日，拍品編號2059。