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30. CLOISONNE ENAMEL MINIATURE GUI-SHAPED CENSER
Incised Qianlong six-character mark and of the period,
with a Ri character
3 3/8” (8.6 cm.) across handles

The unusually small vessel is exquisitely decorated with a band of gilt lotus panels around the neck and a variegated floral scroll on the body. As in catalogue no. 18, the ri character below the reign mark indicated a specific room in one of the palaces in the Forbidden City for which this piece was made.