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PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
1792
A GILT-DECORATED SEMI-OPAQUE WHITE GLASS VASE
The vase is finely decorated in three shades of gilding with two bats flying amidst a
fruiting and flowering peach branch. The base has a Qianlong mark.
6¡ in. (16 cm.) high

$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE:
Aquired prior to 1973 and thence by descent to the present owner.

涅白玻璃描金福壽紋瓶

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
1793
A PAINTED ENAMEL INGOT-SHAPED TRAY
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN GILT AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-
1795)
The rounded ends, decorated with scrolls on the interior and exterior, flare outwards
from the interior of the circular foot decorated with a floral medallion, the mark is on the
base; together with three painted enamel spoons, Qianlong period, decorated with shou
medallions.
6º in. (15.7 cm.) long (4)
$4,000-6,000

清乾隆 銅胎畫琺瑯錠式盃托 四字描金楷書款

ANOTHER PROPERTY
1792 1794
A PAIR OF MASSIVE CLOISONNÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL CRANE-
FORM CENSERS
19TH CENTURY
Each crane is shown standing on a colorful, grassy mound interspersed with orchids
and lingzhi. Each body is white with a dense pattern of gilt wires, and the separately-
made wings, with small turquoise and large, dark greyish-blue feathers, form the
cover. Each crane grasps in its beak a stem of lingzhi that forms a pricket candlestick.
92 in. (234 cm.) and 90 in. (229 cm.) high (2)
$60,000-80,000
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Florida, acquired in the late 1970s.

清十九世紀 掐絲琺瑯大仙鶴一對

1793

1793 (mark on tray)