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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL RECTANGULAR
VASE

18TH CENTURY

The square-sectioned vase is fanked by
a piar of gilt-bronze chilong handles, and
decorated on each facet at the mid-section
with a panel of lotus bloom borne on
meandering scrolls beneath a bat suspending
a qing, with archaistic angular scrollwork on
four corners. The neck has a repoussé band of
foral sprays above a band of plantain leaves
on the shoulder, which are repeated on the
pedestal foot.
13º (33.5 cm.) high
$10,000-15,000

The form of the present cloisonné vase, with the
tapering, faceted sides and chilong-form handles,
is very unusual, and only a few other examples
are known. Compare the current example with
a closely related pair at the Victoria & Albert
Museum, illustrated on its website, with the
accession no. 509-1875. See, also, a pair sold at
Sotheby’s London, 11 November 2015, lot 111.
清十八世紀 掐絲琺瑯螭龍耳方瓶

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