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A ‘QIANGJIN’ AND ‘TIANQI’ LACQUER
BOWL AND COVER
QING DYNASTY
the bowl of eight-lobed form, incised and gilt in
the qiangjin technique and further picked out
in the tianqi polychrome enamels, depicting
a stylised design of lotus blooms to the rim,
the body decorated with alternating lotuses
and bats in flight, the domed cover similarly
decorated with additional wan symbols and
surmounted by a knobbed finial
(2)
14.7 cm, 5¾ in.
‡ £ 4,000-6,000
HK$ 41,100-62,000 US$ 5,300-7,900
清 戧金填漆葵花式圓唾盂

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A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE GILT-
BRONZE AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL
CENSER AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
the rounded hexagonally lobed body rising
from three tall lion mask cabriole legs to a
short waisted neck and everted straight rim,
set at the shoulder and rim with a pair of flaring
S-shaped handles, each lobe of the body
decorated with a large lotus born on scrolling
leafy stems, all below a moulded lotus-lappet
and stiff leaf band at the neck, the pierced
domed and lobed cover similarly decorated and
surmounted by an elaborate coiled dragon finial
(2)
43 cm, 16¾ in.

£ 20,000-30,000
HK$ 206,000-308,000 US$ 26,200-39,300
清十八世紀 鏨胎琺瑯纏枝蓮紋
朝冠耳三足蓋爐

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