A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PAINTED ENAMEL YELLOW-GROUND 'MILLEFLEURS' ALTAR GARNITURE. Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period. Comprising: a rectangular-section incense burner and cover supported on lappet-shaped legs with two handles rising from the shorter sides of the rim and two square-section baluster candle sticks with prickets above small drip pans, all painted with blossoms and with key fret bands to the rims, 43.5cm H. (4) 清乾隆   廣東銅胎畫琺瑯三供 The present piece although lacking a period mark, is consistent with Imperial works made for the Forbidden city thereby crossing the boundary between export and domestic-market works. Millefleur decoration is thought to have begun in the Yongzheng period reaching its zenith during the Qianlong period. Garnitures with the decoration are extremely rare. For a five-piece porcelain garniture, mark and period of Qianlong, see Gorer and Blacker, Chinese Porcelain and Hardstones, vol II, 1911, plate 200. For a painted enamel box and cover, also with a Qianlong mark and of the period, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels, vol IV, eijing, 2011, no 95, and another from the National Palace Museum Taipei, illustrated in Radiant Luminance: The Painted Enamelware of the Qing Imperial Court, 2012, no 101A.