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AN EXTREMELY RARE GILT- 清乾隆 爐鈞釉地描金模印饕餮紋出戟小壺
DECORATED TROMPE L’OEIL 連仿黑漆描金海棠式座
BRONZE-IMITATION ARCHAISTIC 《大清乾隆年製》款
VASE AND LACQUER-IMITATION
STAND, ZUN 來源：
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF Edward James（1907-1984年）收藏， 西迪
QIANLONG 恩花園，編號140

of archaistic zun form, skilfully potted with
a flattened pear-shaped body rising from a
splayed foot to a waisted neck and flared rim, the
vessel flanked by three pairs of gold-enamelled
openwork handles and decorated with bands of
archaistic motifs, including friezes of kui dragons
and taotie masks between two lappet borders,
the design further adorned with raised bands
and flanges with gilt highlights, all against a
ground densely incised with leiwen motifs and
interlocking ruyi, applied with a mottled robin’s
egg turquoise-blue glaze in simulation of an
archaic bronze with malachite encrustation,
the gold-enamelled base inscribed in gilt with a
six-character seal mark, the well-fitted porcelain
stand modelled with a bulging apron terminating
in six lobed feet, modelled after Japanese maki-e
lacquer of the period and decorated in gilt with
floral and foliate motifs against a black ground
12.9 cm, 5 in.
overall 15.4 cm, 6 in.

PROVENANCE

Collection of Edward James (1907-1984), West
Dean Park, no. 140.

HK$ 3,000,000-4,000,000
US$ 384,000-515,000

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