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A MINIATURE MUGHAL SPINACH-
GREEN JADE QU’RAN STAND
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
of rectangular, x-shape forms separated into
two interlocking sections, each of rounded
rectangular shape with mihrab arch legs to one
end, elaborately decorated overall in low-relief
with floral foliates
15 cm, 5⅞ in.
A Mughal green jade stand of this form, in the
National Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated
in Teng Shu-Ping, Treasures from Across the
Kunlun Mountains: Islamic Jades in the National
Palace Museum, Taipei, 2015, pl. 198.
£ 8,000-12,000
HK$ 82,500-124,000 US$ 10,500-15,800
清十九世紀 痕都斯坦碧玉花卉紋
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古蘭經架
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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘LOTUS’
CENSER AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
the globular body supported on three cabriole
legs and rising to a short straight neck with a
galleried rim, brightly decorated to the exterior
with stylised lotus blooms and meandering
foliage, the legs and neck similarly decorated,
all below a band of lappet border to the
shoulder and a band of geometric motifs
to the rim, the shoulder flanked by a pair of
long S-shaped handles decorated in gilt with
graduated keyfret pattern, the domed cover
finely cast in gilt bronze with three ruyi-shaped
cloisonné panels enclosing leafy meandering
lotuses and reserved on a pierced ruyi cloud
ground, all surmounted by an elaborate gilt-
bronze knop pierced with lotus scrolls
(2)
32.8 cm, 12⅞ in.
£ 30,000-50,000
HK$ 308,000-515,000 US$ 39,300-65,500
清十八世紀 掐絲琺瑯纏枝番蓮紋
冠耳蓋爐
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