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A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE CLOISONNÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ A PAIR OF ARCHAISTIC CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL FLARING
ENAMEL BOYS, HEHE ERXIAN VASES, GU
Early 19th century 18th century
Each group modelled as two boys kneeling on one knee with both Each cast in slender form with globular central section supported on
arms raised, one bent close to the chest, the other extended out with a bell-shaped foot, decorated with taotie masks and applied with four
the fingertips gently curled around a single large double-gourd vase in flanges, raising to a spreading trumpet neck with upright archaistic stiff
between, the boys dressed in robes enriched with leafy lotus sprays and leaves benath a band of alternated taotie masks to the rim, all reserved
floral heads, fixed wood stands carved as waves crashing against rocks. on a dense ground of interlocking key-fret, the interior of the flaring rim
19cm (7 1/2in) high (2). with eight further taotie masks arranged in two registers.
31.5cm (12 3/8in) high (2).
£7,000 - 9,000
CNY61,000 - 78,000 £12,000 - 15,000
CNY100,000 - 130,000
十九世紀初 銅胎掐絲琺瑯和合二仙拱大吉葫蘆香插 一對
十八世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯仿古饕餮紋花觚 一對

Compare with a similarly-shaped gu vase, decorated with relief flanges
and taotie designs, mid-Qing dynasty, illustrated in The Compendium
of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 3, Beijing, 2011, p.121,
no.86.

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