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THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLE EUROPEAN FAMILY
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A MASSIVE AND VERY RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL
‘CHAMPION’ VASE AND COVER
QIANLONG-JIAQING PERIOD, CIRCA 1800
Each of the two impressive cylinders is decorated with fne
cloisons and enamelled with four vertical columns comprising
a halberd, a group of sanduo, a stylised shou character, a lotus
bloom, a hanging chime, and a Buddhist emblem, all separated
by intricate scrolling lotus reserved on a white ground. The two
sections are joined by an eagle with outspread wings clasping
a loose ring in its beak, and standing on a fearsome crouched
mythical beast. The reverse is connected by the scrolling
bifurcated tail of the beast, below a further winged animal.
The domed covers are conjoined by a fat handle terminating in
scroll-form ends.
25º in. (64 cm.) high
£80,000-120,000 $110,000-150,000
€93,000-140,000
清乾隆/嘉慶 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋英雄雙聯瓶
來源：歐洲貴族珍藏
(reverse)
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