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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION
AN ARCHAISTIC CLOISONNE ENAMEL AN ARCHAISTIC CLOISONNE ENAMEL
GU-FORM VASE GU-FORM VASE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
a bulbous section rising from a spreading foot to a tall trumpet the attenuated cylindrical body rising from a splayed foot
neck, brightly decorated against a turquoise ground with three to a slightly bulbous middle section set with four gilt-metal
bands of stylized taotie masks enclosed within leaf lappets and
archaistic square scrolls to the base and neck separated by anges, terminating in a wide trumpet mouth, enameled with
Buddhist emblems, the interior with three large lotus blooms three registers of stylized taotie masks reserved against an
below a ruyi border, the gilt foot rim incised with a keyfret band archaistic scroll ground, enclosed within four upright blade
Height 15½ in., 39.4 cm leaves on the neck separated by lotus blooms, and four lappets
at the base interspersed with bats above a ruyi border, the
PROVENANCE interior rim with further archaistic C-scrolls, bats, lotus and
ruyi
Roger Keverne Ltd, London. Height 13¾ in., 34.9 cm
$ 15,000-20,000 PROVENANCE
Michael B. Weisbrod, Inc., New York, 1987.
$ 15,000-20,000
Roger Keverne Ltd
Michael B Weisbrod Inc 1987
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