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AN EXTREMELY RARE IMPERIAL GOLD AND 清光緒 銀局部鎏金團壽紋金纍絲嵌寶壽
PARCEL-GILT SILVER INLAID CUP 耳盃
QING DYNASTY, GUANGXU PERIOD
《廉陞》款
the silver body with deep, rounded sides set over a straight
foot, the interior parcel-gilt, the exterior with six chased
and parcel-gilt shou (‘longevity’) roundels bordered above
and below by ruyi-head bands finely worked in gold filigree,
each ruyi centered with a round cabochon-cut ruby or spinel
secured with a gold setting and flanked by two smaller
stones, the entire composition framed by a gold filigree
keyfret band encircling the rim and another just above the
foot, two gold filigree openwork handles rising from the
lower ruyi-head border and extending beyond the rim of the
cup, each handle formed as a plume of clouds supporting
a stylized shou character topped by further clouds and
surmounted by an eight-petal flower securing a large oval
ruby or spinel at its center, the base inscribed with the two
characters lian and sheng
Width 4⅛ in., 10.5 cm
$ 300,000-500,000
110 SOTHEBY’S Important ChInese art
