Lot 542. A famille-rose celadon-ground tripod censer, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Width across handles 10 3/8  in., 26.3 cm. Estimate 30,000 - 40,000 USD. Lot Sold 37,500 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the compressed globular body resting on three cabriole feet, rising to a straight neck and a thick lipped rim, the shoulders flanked by two upright handles sweeping outward and pierced with rectangular apertures, enameled allover with a stylized floral scroll interspersed with the 'Eight Buddhist Emblems' against a bluish-celadon ground, a band of ruyi heads below the neck, a band of keyfret accentuating the rim and handles, a recessed double circle painted with pink enamel and puce floral scrolls on the underside, a six-character seal mark in iron-red within a rectangular cartouche at the rim.

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 12th December 1989, lot 439.