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THE PROPERTY OF MARCHANT, EST. 1925
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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL BRACKET-LOBED DISH
18TH CENTURY
The dish has shallow rounded sides and is fnely enameled in the center with
a shou-character medallion encircled by fve bats (wufu) below the Eight
Buddhist Emblems (bajixiang) in the cavetto and stylized lotus sprays on the
fat, everted rim shaped as eight barbed petals. The exterior is decorated with
a band of lotus scroll above the shallow foot ring that encloses the ‘prunus and
cracked ice’ pattern on the fat base.
7√ in. (20 cm.) diam.
$6,000-8,000
清十八世紀 掐絲琺瑯八吉祥紋菱口盤
(another view)
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