Lot 120. A famille-rose 'bajixiang' pink-ground censer, Qianlong mark and period (1736-1795). Estimate 35,000 — 45,000 GBP (44,699 - 57,470 EUR). Photo Sotheby's.

The compressed globular body rising from three cabriole legs to a short neck with everted straight rim and set at the shoulder with a pair of S-shaped handles, brightly enamelled around the exterior with the bajixiang and lotus strapwork below a ruyi collar, the rim with a keyfret band centred with the six-character seal mark in iron red and all reserved on a rich dark pink ground, the interior glazed turquoise, wood stand and cover. Quantité: 3 - 28.5 cm, 11 1/4  in.

Provenance: Collection of the Gardiner Family, Hertfordshire (by repute).

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art Londres, 11 mai 2016, 10:00 AM