Lot 1271. A large yellow-ground famille rose tripod censer, Qianlong six-character seal mark in iron red and of the period (1736-1795); 14 ½ in. (36.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Price realised USD 175,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

The censer is sturdily potted and enameled on the body with the Eight Buddhist Emblems amidst lotus flowers and tendrils extending onto the cabriole legs, all beneath a band of ruyi-heads on the shoulder, and is flanked by a pair of upright curved handles. The waisted neck is encircled by floral scroll below a key-fret band on the galleried rim which is interrupted on one side by the reign mark inscribed in a horizontal line.