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PROPERTY FROM AN ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
A CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL VASE, GU
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
the lobed beaker body decorated around the central
section with large lotus borne on curling leafy stems,
the trumpet neck with bands of stiff plantain leaves and
further lotus below a key-fret band at the rim, the high
spreadung foot similarly decorated
Height 28.2 cm, 11⅛ in.
£ 3,000-5,000
HK$ 29,300-48,900 US$ 3,750-6,300
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A SILK KESI ‘DRAGON’ ROUNDEL
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
depicting a central five-clawed dragon in gold thread
amidst bats and ruyi-shaped clouds and above a bed of
cresting waves and below a red medaillion enclosing a
three-legged cockerel, all reserved on a navy ground,
framed and glazed
Diameter 28 cm, 11 in.

£ 8,000-12,000
HK$ 78,500-118,000 US$ 10,000-15,000
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A CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE
‘LOTUS’ BEAKER VASE, GU
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
of hexalobed form, decorated to each side of the central
section with a large lotus bloom with curling leaves below
petal lappets, the neck and foot similarly decorated
between bands of plantain leaves and ruyi pendant,
reserved against a bright turquoise-ground, all between
a gilt mouthrim and footrim incised with geometric
scrollwork
Height 28.2 cm, 11⅛ in.
A pair of identical champlevé enamel beaker vases, part of
a garniture of five, was sold at the American Art Galleries,
The Remarkable Collection of the Imperial Prince Kung of
China, New York, 27th February - 1st March 1913, lot 358.
£ 10,000-15,000
HK$ 98,000-147,000 US$ 12,500-18,800
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