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A LARGE PAIR OF QIANJIN AND TIANQI LACQUER
BALUSTER VASES
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vases are decorated to each side with two colourfully robed boys in a
garden setting with pine trees, peonies, prunus and bamboo, variously playing
games with bats and musical instruments, all within shaped cartouches
bordered by leafy scrolls and cornered with chilongs, on a fnely incised
geometric ground. The mouth rim, shoulders and base are decorated with
bands of bats and lappets and the neck is further embellished with the Flowers
of The Four Seasons, and rocks.
23º in. (59 cm.) high (2)
£6,000-10,000 US$7,500-12,000
€6,800-11,000

清乾隆 彩漆嬰戲圖四方瓶一對

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AN IRON-RED AND GILT-DECORATED DAJI WALL PLAQUE
19TH CENTURY
The plaque is moulded in the form of a double gourd vase supported on an
integral faux wood stand, a yellow ribbon tied at its waist, the upper and lower
registers with the characters da and ji, or good fortune, with a white roundel, in
reserve on an iron-red ground decorated with a gilt geometric pattern and fve
bats in fight.
14¿ in. (36 cm.) high
£6,000-8,000 US$7,500-9,900
€6,800-9,000

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清十九世紀 珊瑚紅地描金五福綬帶「大吉」葫蘆形牌

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