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A fine and rare pair of large blue and enamelled
‘double-eagle’ vases and covers
18th century, the stands later
Each finely decorated with two double-headed eagles each beneath
a foliate pomegranate suspending a peony flower, alternating with
two stylised iron red, blue and gilt-petalled flowers and flanked by a
qilin and a phoenix, all amidst dense peony branches, the shoulders
with ruyi-shaped lappets containing chrysanthemum blossoms, the
neck with a band of floral scroll, each cover similarly decorated with
double-headed birds and stylised flowers between qilin and phoenix
and surmounted by a biscuit Buddhist lion finial, marble-inset
giltwood stands.
90cm (35 3/8in) high (without stands) (6).
£60,000 - 70,000
HK$750,000 - 870,000 CNY590,000 - 690,000

十八世紀 青花紅彩描金徽章鷹紋鳳凰瑞獸穿花蓋罐一對，座屬後期

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