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338 A similar champlevé enamel and gilt-bronze garlic-head vase, attributed
A fine pair of champlevé enamel and gilt-bronze garlic-head to the 18th century, was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong on 27 November
‘dragon’ vases 2007, lot 1818. Compare also a related champlevé enamel ewer, late
Qing Dynasty, illustrated by B.Quette, ed., Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels
19th century from the Yuan, Ming, Qing Dynasties, New York, 2011, pl.140.
Each enamelled on the body, foot and neck with lotus flowers issuing
from leafy scrolls against a gilt ground, a roaring three-clawed dragon
clambering around the neck with bifurcated tail spreading over the body,
the garlic-head mouth with eight indented niches each containing a
champlevé enamel lotus beneath a waisted rim with a band of key-fret.
Each 28.6cm (11¾in) high (2).
£15,000 - 20,000
HK$180,000 - 240,000 CNY140,000 - 190,000
十九世紀 銅鎏金內填琺瑯龍紋蒜頭瓶一對
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