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PROPERTY FROM AN ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
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A SMALL CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘LOTUS’ TOOL 清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯纏枝牡丹紋筯瓶 「乾隆年製」、
VASE 「樂」楷書刻款
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
(1736-1795) 瓶口略撇，長頸，溜肩，鼓腹，以天藍色琺瑯為地，上飾四朵五彩纏枝
蓮花，口沿下如意雲紋一周。底部「乾隆年製」四字及一「樂」字楷書
The vase is cast with a globular body and tall slightly tapering neck, 刻款。
decorated in multi-coloured enamels with four lotus blooms against
a turquoise ground, and bordered with a band of ruyi heads under 來源
the mouth rim. The gilt base is incised with a Qianlong reign mark 1956 年購於英國伯肯希德
in a horizontal line followed by an additional character, le.
4 …À/”ÿ in. (12.2 cm.) high 可與 Pierre Uldry 收藏中一件底鏨「受」字之筯瓶相比較，著錄於
Brinker 和 Lutz，《Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection》，
HK$120,000-180,000 US$16,000-23,000 紐約，1989 年，圖版 285 號。
PROVENANCE
A private English collection, acquired in Birkenhead, England,
1956

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