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348                                                                   350                                       Ware in the Ming and Ch’ing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, pl. 163.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Compare also a vase, box and washer in the Palace Museum,
                                                                          A GILT-DECORATED BLUE-GROUND ENAMEL                                   A RARE PASTE-INSET BASSE-TAILLE ‘FLORAL’   Beijing, previously in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in
                                                                          LOBED INKWELL AND COVER                                               JARDINIÈRE                                The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum:
                                                                          SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG                                      QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD             Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, Hong Kong, 2002, pls 238-240;
                                                                                                                                                                                          and a basin and altar set included in the exhibition Tributes
                                                                          the base with a four-character seal mark in blue enamel (3)           Height 6⅜ in., 16.1 cm                    from Guangdong to the Qing Court, Art Gallery, The Chinese
                                                                          Width 3¾ in., 9.5 cm                                                                                            University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1987, cat. nos 56-57.
                                                                                                                                                PROVENANCE
                                                                          PROVENANCE                                                            New England Private Collection.           $ 10,000-15,000
                                                                          Collection of Keith W. Bryan and Karen Keys.
                                                                                                                                                During the 18th century, the Canton workshops applied
                                                                                                                                                transparent enamels over a patterned metal body to develop   清乾隆   透明琺瑯嵌料花卉紋花盆
                                                                          ⊖  $ 10,000-15,000
                                                                                                                                                the lustrous effect seen on the present lot. For pieces of the
                                                                                                                                                same technique, see a censer, vase and box decorated in   來源
                                                                          清乾隆   銅胎畫琺瑯藍地描金花卉紋墨                                                   similar floral scrolls, attributed to the Qianlong period, in the   新英格蘭私人收藏
                                                                                                                                                National Palace Museum, Taipei and illustrated in Enamel
                                                                          水瓶
                                                                          《乾隆年製》款

                                                                          來源
                                                                          Keith W. Bryan 及 Karen Keys 收藏
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                                                                          A SMALL CANTON ENAMEL ‘FLORAL’ JAR AND
                                                                          COVER
                                                                          QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
                                                                          Japanese wood box (4)
                                                                          Height 3½ in., 9 cm

                                                                          PROVENANCE
                                                                          Collection of Alfred (1873-1950) and Ivy Clark (c. 1890-1976).
                                                                          Marchant, London.
                                                                          Thierry de Maigret, Paris, 22nd October 2014, lot 27.

                                                                          ⊖  $ 6,000-8,000
                                                                          清乾隆   銅胎畫琺瑯開光花卉紋小蓋罐

                                                                          來源
                                                                          Alfred (1873-1950) 及 Ivy Clark (約1890-1976) 伉儷收藏
                                                                          馬錢特,倫敦
                                      349                                 Thierry de Maigret,巴黎,2014年10月22日,編號 27


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