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AN EXCEPTIONAL PASTE- 清乾隆
INSET GILT-BRONZE 鎏金銅鏨花嵌料石雙龍耳瓶

REPOUSSE VASE
來源：
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG 切斯特蘇富比1984年1月11日

PERIOD

meticulously cast with an ovoid body rising from a short
splayed foot to a waisted neck and galleried rim, the neck
flanked by a pair of chilong handles depicted in angular
scrollwork, the body decorated in repoussé with a central
frieze enclosing four large floral blooms wreathed by curling
foliage bearing small florets, between a band of foliate lappets
with stylised ruyi heads and two key-fret borders, the design
with highlights vibrantly inset with multi-coloured glass paste
19.2 cm, 7½ in.

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Chester, 11th January 1984.

HK$ 2,000,000-3,000,000
US$ 256,000-384,000

Mark

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