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PROPERTY FROM A NORTH AMERICAN PROVENANCE 清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯蓮托八寶
COLLECTION
Collection of Edward Kennedy Torrington (1918- 紋魚耳蓋爐
A CLOISONNE ‘BAJIXIANG’ BOWL 2005).
AND COVER Christie’s New York, 2nd December 1989, lot 《景泰年製》仿款
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD 59.
A jar and cover nearly identical to the present 來源
of globular form, the rounded sides enameled in example is in the Palace Museum, Beijing and Edward Kennedy Torrington (1918-2005) 收
polychrome with the ‘Eight Buddhist Emblems’ 藏
amid stylized lotus blooms borne on scrolling, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, Buddha’s 紐約佳士得1989年12月2日，編號59
Light in the Forbidden City, Select Buddhist Art
leafy stems below a ruyi-head band encircling Collection of the Palace Museum, Gaoxiong,
the rim, all against a turquoise-enamel ground, Taiwan, 2016, pp. 90-91. Another very closely
a lively pair of gilt catfish-form handles set to
either side joined to the vessel by outstretched related example with slightly different catfish-
form handles and a reticulated cover was sold
fins, their rounded heads with distinctive in these rooms 24th-25th January 1975, lot 257.
barbels peaking at the rim, the domed cover
enameled with further lotus scroll surmounted
by a large reticulated gilt-metal spherical knop $ 40,000-60,000
with flowering lotus above a radiating lappet
base, the gilt base plate with an apocryphal
Jingtai mark (2)
Height 12 in., 30.5 cm

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