Page 64 - Bonhams Chinese Works of Art December 2015 Hong Kong

36
AN EXCEPTIONAL CHINESE ORMOLU PASTE-SET CLOCK
Qianlong, Guangzhou workshops
The case surmounted by a cast bud finial on an shaped caddy set
with mounts of flying Vermilion Birds zhuque and ten oval medallions,
framed by a pierced balustrade and set to each corner with a flaming
urn finial, the main body applied with a pair of urn mounts between
pierced scroll corner supports, on a plinth base with reeded bracket
feet, the rear set with a cast door frame enclosing a pierced silk-
backed sound fret depicting flowers and trellis in silhouette, the 3.75
inch enamel Roman dial with outer minute band and brass hands,
framed by a bezel set with red, green and transparent brilliants, the
twin fusée movement wound from the rear with knife-edge verge
escapement striking on a bell, the backplate decorated by engraved
bands to the edge, the case further set with a separate spring-driven
movement in the base, wound from the side and activating the rotating
stone-set medallion to the front on command via a slider set to the
side.
36cm (14 1/8in) high
HK$800,000 - 1,200,000
US$100,000 - 150,000
清乾隆 銅鍍金嵌寶石亭式轉花鐘
Provenance 來源:
A European private collection
歐洲私人收藏

62 | BONHAMS