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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DR. VALLO BENJAMIN
814
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL LANTERN
MOUNTED AS LAMP
18TH-19TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form, the lantern has an open
frame decorated with bats in flight and bands of
archaistic scroll, and is mounted on one side with a
pair of writhing dragons. The lantern is fitted with (detail of cover)
glass panels painted with various birds amidst
rockwork and trees. The whole is raised on a tall,
spreading foot.
13 in. (33 cm.) high

$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
Michael B. Weisbrod, New York, 21 December 1984.

VALLO BENJAMIN 醫生珍藏
清十八/十九世紀 掐絲琺瑯宮燈 後經改裝
來源:
Michael B. Weisbrod, 紐約, 1984年12月21日

PROPERTY OF ROBERT B. AND BEATRICE C. MAYER
FAMILY COLLECTION
815
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL EWER AND
COVER, DUOMUHU
17TH CENTURY
The tall cylindrical body is divided into four
registers decorated with pairs of confronting
dragons divided by flaming pearls between raised
copper bands with floral scroll. The curved upright
spout issues from the jaws of a gilt mythical beast
opposite the dragon-fish-form handle, all below a
lobed, crown-form rim decorated on the front with
a writhing dragon amidst clouds and flames. The
cover is decorated with a similar dragon below a
globular finial.
23æ in. (60.3 cm.) high

$7,000-10,000
PROVENANCE:
Nagatani, Chicago, 19 February 1969.

ROBERT B. BEAT 及 BEATRICE C. MAYER 家族珍藏
十七世紀 掐絲琺瑯雙龍戲珠紋多穆壺
來源:
永谷商會, 芝加哥, 1969年2月19日
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