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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN LADY

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    A PAIR OF LARGE GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASES
    QIANLONG / JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820)

    Each vase is delicately enamelled around the exterior with the fowers of the four seasons, all below

    butterfies in fight and reserved on a turquoise ground. The tops are applied with European gilt-bronze

    leafy branches and blooms.

    The vases 18 Ω in (47 cm.) high, overall height 35 Ω in. (90 cm.)                                       (2)

    £20,000-40,000                                                                          $26,000-50,000
                                                                                            €24,000-46,000

    PROVENANCE

    Acquired in China in the late 19th century and thence by descent to the current owner.

    清乾隆/嘉慶 掐絲琺瑯四季花卉瓶一對
    來源:歐洲私人珍藏, 於十九世紀末購自中國而後由其家族傳承至今

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