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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO SUPPORT ART
ACQUISITIONS AND COLLECTIONS CARE
斯普菲博物館珍藏，拍賣收益將用於藏品購藏及維護
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A VERY RARE IMPERIAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL
ARCHAISTIC VESSEL AND COVER, HE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The rounded body is divided into three lobes tapering to columnar feet, each
decorated with a vivid taotie mask below a pair of abstract phoenix and above a
smaller mask and archaistic keyfrets. The neck is finely decorated with a band of
lappets each enclosing a lotus flowerhead, below a ruyi band around the mouth. The
handle is colourfully decorated with abstract scrolls, beginning and terminating in
a gilt-bronze animal mask. The tubular spout has multi-coloured lappets, similarly
emerging from a gilt-bronze mask. The domed cover is decorated with three taotie
masks, below a gilt bud finial enclosed by radiating petals.
15¬ in. (39.7 cm.) overall height
HK$600,000-800,000 US$78,000-100,000

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

清十八世紀 御製掐絲琺瑯饕餮紋仿古蓋盉

來源
史喬沃先生（1832-1923），斯普林菲爾德，麻薩諸塞州，入藏於1910年以前

The current vessel on exhibit at the George Walter Vincent Smith
Art Museum, circa 1896
本拍品約於 1896 年陳設於史喬沃藝術博物館中