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ᑔᓢ⬼ښḵ㩉Ὂⳉ䢲ሠ㇫ᏻ↠ഩᑞⳉި㈂ⳉۢ⛃ㄼ

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A VERY RARE SMALL IMPERIAL ᪺̗㡳 ྽⽗ኰ⚙ᾬώ㶢㶯Ռờᆬ❛ύ♄⹰
CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘QILIN AND 㹪⡪↲۵ല⁅ Ǘ̗㡳ໞ⽗ǘᑝᙌ㞎ᢎ
LIONS’ VASE
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QIANLONG CAST FOUR-CHARACTER MARK ܂ࡘᦆԱ⁥䢮 䢯䢲ᑔᓢᗆ⬼ḓ࿍䢲㷄Ⲭバਫ਼๷䢲
WITHIN A SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD Նⳉᑞ ͠ע
(1736-1795)
The small baluster vase is brilliantly decorated on the
exterior with a qilin above a treasure vase surrounded by
eight lions playing with four be-ribboned brocade balls
arranged in two rows amid colourful clouds between
bands of petal lappets. The waisted neck is decorated
with lotus scrolls flanked by a pair of gilt-bronze chilong-
form handles and encircled by a gilt-bronze ring cast
with lotus scrolls, below the galleried mouth chased with
a double-line classic scroll on top.
4 ½ in. (11.2 cm.) high

HK$1,200,000-1,800,000
US$160,000-230,000

PROVENANCE:
George Walter Vincent Smith (1832-1923), Springfield,
Massachusetts, acquired prior to 1910

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