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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL CANDLESTICK
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
the bell-shaped base rising to a central bulb supporting
a large circular drip tray, set to the centre with a tall
tapering cylindrical neck, surmounted by a double-
bulbous section below a smaller tray fitted with a metal
pricket, decorated with lotus blossoms borne on dense
scrolling leafy stems against a turquoise-ground
Height 38.2 cm, 15 in.
£ 2,000-3,000
HK$ 19,600-29,300 US$ 2,500-3,750
清十八世紀 掐絲琺瑯纏枝番蓮紋燭臺

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A PAIR OF CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL CENSERS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

each decorated to the body with interspersing ram and
lion masks against lotus born on leafy stems, the neck
similarly decorated with lotus between ruyi pendants
and a row of semi-precious stones, all supported on six
tapering legs
(2)
Height 12.1 and 12 cm, 4¾ and 4¾ in.
£ 3,000-5,000
HK$ 29,300-48,900 US$ 3,750-6,300
359 清十八世紀 鏨胎琺瑯纏枝蓮紋六足爐一對

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A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘SHOU’
CANDLESTICKS
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
each supported on a rectangular base and rising to a
large stylised shou character in openwork forming the
shaft, all below a foliate-shaped pan enamelled with lotus
blossoms, fitted with a lobed column beneath a smaller
tray set with a gilt-bronze pricket
(2)
Height 36.8 and 36.5 cm, 14½ and 14⅜ in.
Compare a candlestick of this type, modelled with a xi
(‘double-happiness’) character as the shaft, in the Palace
Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Compendium of Collections
in The Palace Museum. Enamels. 4. Cloisonne in the Qing
Dynasty (1644-1911), Bejing, 2011, pl. 36.

£ 5,000-7,000
HK$ 48,900-68,500 US$ 6,300-8,800
清乾隆 掐絲琺琅雙龍捧壽紋燭臺一對

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