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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION PROVENANCE
A PAIR OF CANTON ENAMEL GARDEN SEATS Christie’s London, 19th February 1986, lot 181.
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY A nearly identical pair to the present but each enclosing a
gu-shaped central column, was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong,
each of quatrefoil section, Þ nely enameled to the exterior 30th April - 2nd May 1995, lot 593. A related openwork
with a ß oral meander the sinuous stems bearing colorful seat of di# erent pattern was sold in our London rooms, 9th
ß owerheads and issuing curling leaves, all reserved on November 2011, lot 412.
deep blue ground with gilt diaper-pattern decoration, each
lobe with a pair of bats and phoenix with interlocking wings $ 20,000-30,000
framing an oval aperture bisected by a ruyi-head band, all
below a ruyi-head border and a recessed waist with pink 㶭⋩ℓġİġ⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ戭偶䔓䏢䐗啵⛘丷㝅⛀
elongated kuilong on green ground and a further ruyi band 剙䲳⛸⡑ᶨ⮵
encircling the base, the interior enameled a pale yellow (2)
Height 18½ in., 47 cm Ը๕
ΐ㔎Ἓ⢓⼿1986⸜2㚰19㖍炻䶐嘇181

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