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PROPERTY FROM A TEXAS COLLECTION

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                                                                                                       A LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE
                                                                                                       18TH-19TH CENTURY

                                                                                                       The elongated ovoid body is enameled with
                                                                                                       leafy lotus scroll between a ruyi-head border
                                                                                                       and upright petal lappets. The trumpet neck
                                                                                                       is decorated with further lotus scroll above
                                                                                                       a band of upright lappets and is fanked by a
                                                                                                       pair of bat-shaped handles, below a band of
                                                                                                       key-fret pattern around the mouth rim.

                                                                                                       25¡ in. (65 cm.) high

                                                                                                       $7,000-9,000

                                                                                                       PROVENANCE

                                                                                                       Roger Keverne Ltd., London.

                                                                                                       EXHIBITED

                                                                                                       Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works
                                                                                                       of Art and Ceramics, London, Winter 2010,
                                                                                                       no. 66.

                                                                                                       清十八/十九世紀 掐絲琺瑯雙蝠耳大瓶

                                                                                                       ANOTHER PROPERTY

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                                                                                                       A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL GU-FORM
                                                                                                       VASES
                                                                                                       18TH CENTURY

                                                                                                       The faring trumpet-shaped neck and
                                                                                                       spreading foot are decorated with archaistic
                                                                                                       blades separated by blossoming prunus scroll
                                                                                                       beneath a key-fret border encircling the
                                                                                                       mouth rim.

                                                                                                       16√ (43 cm.) high   (2)

                                                                                                       $15,000-20,000

                                                                                                       清十八世紀 掐絲琺瑯拐子紋觚式瓶一對

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