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A cloisonné enamel flaring vase, gu
Qianlong
The bulbous central section enamelled with four pink and red
lotus blossoms separated by blue squared scrolls, raised on a tall
spreading foot with four downwards lappets containing stylised leafy
fronds alternating with four lotus blossoms on foliate scrolls above a
band of ruyi-head at the foot, the flaring neck similarly enamelled with
upwards lappets and lotus scrolls beneath a band of ruyi-head at
the gilt rim, the interior of the neck also with four lotus blossoms on
foliate scrolls between blue squared scrolls.
26.3cm (10 3/8in) high
£4,000 - 6,000
HK$50,000 - 75,000 CNY39,000 - 59,000

清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋觚
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A pair of cloisonné enamel flaring vases, gu
Qianlong
Each with a rounded central section enamelled with four lotus
blossoms on a continuous foliate meander beneath a band of ruyi
head, the spreading foot with four stiff downward-pointing lappets of
square scrolls divided by four lotus scrolls, the flaring neck with two
bands of keyfret at the bottom beneath similar square scroll lappets
divided by lotus scroll, the interior with a band of ruyi head above
floral scrolls.
Each 36.2cm (14¼in) high (2).
£8,000 - 12,000
HK$100,000 - 150,000 CNY79,000 - 120,000

清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋觚一對
Provenance: Sir Robert Ludwig Mond (1836-1938) and thence by
family descent.

Born in Lancashire, Sir Robert Ludwig Mond was a chemist,
industrialist and archaeologist, and also a founding trustee of the
Royal Ontario Museum. Amongst his collection was a Chinese library
of 40,000 volumes purchased in Beijing in the early 1930s, which he
subsequently donated to the Royal Ontario Museum.

來源：羅伯特·路德維希·蒙德爵士（1836-1938）舊藏，並由家族繼
承下去
羅伯特·路德維希·蒙德爵士出生於英國蘭開夏郡，是一名化學家，實
業家及考古學家，也是皇家安大略博物館的創始受託人。他的收藏系
列包括了總數達四萬本中國書籍的圖書館，書本於1930年代早期購於
北京，後來捐贈給皇家安大略博物館。

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