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• Auction House:
  Bonhams Australia
• Sale Name:
  Asian Art
• Sale Date:
  22 Apr 2021 ~ 2pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  78
• Lot Description:
  A Cloisonne 'scrolling Lotus' Incense Box
  Qianlong four-character mark, and an inventory mark, gui
  6.7cm diam., 3.5cm high
• Notes:
  Cloisonné in the form of earlier bronze prototypes were used profusely during the Qianlong period (1735-1796) as trios of incense burner, container, and related tool caddy, known as luping sanshi in Beijing. Besides the typical reign marks, they often carry an extra character from the Thousand Character Classic, an ancient indexing system Chinese used since as early as the Tang dynasty (618-907). It contains exactly 1000 and non-repeated characters, hence was found to be versatile and efficient in indexing libraries and collections, including the Imperial Collection.
• Estimate:
  A$8,000 - 12,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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