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           A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE CLOISONNE
           ENAMEL BOTTLE VASE
           QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
           the globular body rising from a short spreading foot to a
           tall cylindrical neck and everted gilt-bronze rim, brightly
           polychrome enamelled around the exterior of the body with
           pairs of birds perched on ß owers issuing from rockwork, all
           below a bat and ruyi-cloud band at the shoulder, the neck
           decorated with lotus strapwork, all reserved on a turquoise-
           blue ground
           71 cm, 28 in.
           £ 6,000-8,000    US$ 8,500-11,300

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           PROPERTY FROM A SPANISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
           A LARGE PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL
           CRANES
           QING DYNASTY
           each with long legs standing on an oval wood base with the
           wings neatly tucked around the body, the red-crested head
           with long beak supported on an elegant arched detachable
           neck                                                                               261
           (4)
           77 cm, 30½ in.
           £ 8,000-12,000    US$ 11,300-16,900
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