YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735), CAST FOUR-CHARACTER CHANGCHUN JUSHI SEAL MARK

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A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735), CAST FOUR-CHARACTER CHANGCHUN JUSHI SEAL MARK
The censer is cast with a flattened globular body supported on three short feet, surmounted by two upright loop handles. The base is cast with four characters Changchun Jushi, 'The Dweller in Everlasting Spring'.
3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.) across the handles, box

Provenance

Acquired in Taiwan in 1980s

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Lot Essay

The mark on the present censer, Changchun jushi, is Emperor Qianlong's hall name given by his father Emperor Yongzheng in 1733. In both the composition and style, this mark is very similar to Qianlong's Changchun jushi seal, illustrated by Guo Fuxiang, Mingqing dihou xiyin (Emperor and Empress' Seals of Ming and Qing Dynasties), Beijing, 2002, p. 145. The present censer was likely to be commissioned by Qianlong when he was Bao Qinwang (the crown prince Bao) during the Yongzheng period.

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