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PROPERTY FROM A TEXAS COLLECTION

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A LARGE PAINTED ENAMEL BOTTLE
VASE

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

The globular body is enameled in imitation
of cloisonné enamel with leafy lotus scroll
between a band of ruyi-heads and upright
plantain leaves, above a band of fower
heads around the foot. The faring neck is
decorated with two panels enclosing double
happiness characters, shuangxi, fanked by
pair of gilt-bronze archaistic design scroll
handles and surrounded by further lotus
scrolls.
18¡ in. (46.5 cm.) high
$12,000-18,000

PROVENANCE

Roger Keverne Ltd., London.

EXHIBITED

Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works
of Art and Ceramics, London, Winter 2011,
no. 44.

清乾隆 銅胎畫琺瑯夔龍耳瓶

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