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A RARE SMALL GILT-METAL འ͍ ზ⺗ږνจ՜ণ७ʞԑʃ✝ᘟ
CENSER AND COVER འ͍ϋႡಛ
YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD Ը๕
Marie Elise Patreaux 1880 1920 ϗᔛdˋኇ
of compressed globular form raised on # ve short
cabriole legs, crisply cast in low relief around the Marie Isabelle London 1920 1960 ϗᔛdˋኇd
shoulder with an archaistic band of ruyi-heads, Ϥܝૄෂו
angular scrollwork, and delicate foliate scrolls
below a narrow T-scroll border encircling the
rim, the domed cover with an intricate openwork
band of ruyi-heads enclosing and amid foliate
scrollwork and surmounted by a lobed lozenge-
form knop with # ligree ruyi-heads centered by an
amethyst, the base incised with a four-character
mark (2)
Height 2 in., 5.1 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Marie Elise Patreaux (1880-1920),
Paris.
Collection of Marie Isabelle London (1920-1960),
Paris and thence by descent.
$ 20,000-30,000
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