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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘LANDSCAPE’ HU-FORM The present vase was formerly in the collection of Frank A.
HANDLED VASE Vanderlip, an American financier and journalist who served
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY as the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and the President
of the National City Bank of New York (now Citibank).
the pear-shaped body resting on a splayed foot and rising to Vanderlip is known for influencing the creation of the Federal
a slim neck, set with two kuilong-form bronze handles, boldly Reserve System in 1913, as well as for starting the first
enameled with an idyllic landscape scene, depicting scholars Montessori school in the United States.
in their studios and pavilions, fishermen on sampans, a
man riding a donkey across a bridge in the foreground, $ 30,000-50,000
surrounded by tall trees and mountain peaks in the distance,
the neck with a band of lantern-form lappets enclosing
butterflies and suspending pomegranates, a stylized floral 清十九世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯湖山村隱圖
scroll band encircling the foot
Height 19½ in., 49.5 cm 夔龍耳尊
PROVENANCE 來源
Collection of Frank A. Vanderlip (1864-1937), and thence by Frank A. Vanderlip (1864-1937) 收藏，此後家族傳承
descent.
Compare a pair of hu-form vases attributed to the 19th
century, with similar kuilong handles and a scene of
‘Hundred Deer’ amidst a landscape, sold in our
London rooms, 4th May 1984, lot 466.

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