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PROPERTY FROM A TEXAS COLLECTION
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A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL LANTERNS PROVENANCE
18TH CENTURY
Christie’s New York, 19-20 September 2013, lot 1633.
Each rectangular lantern is composed of an open frame centering a
square platform and surmounted by two ‘roofs’, the lower arched Compare the similar cloisonné and champlevé enamel lantern sold at
on each side, all with openwork borders of conjoined lotus sprays Christie’s, London, 15 May 2012, lot 95, which is raised on an additional
and angular scrolls. The whole is raised on a waisted base decorated pedestal base decorated in champlevé enamel with waves and conch shells.
around the lower sides with petal lappets above an openwork scroll See, also, the pair of cloisonné and champlevé enamel lanterns sold at
apron. Christie’s New York, 24-25 March 2011, lot 1617.
清十八世紀 掐絲琺瑯宮燈一對
14 in. (35.6 cm.) high (2)
$12,000-18,000
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