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The Property of a Gentleman (lots 398-399)

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A very fine Canton enamel and gilt ‘Imperial-tribute’ pavilion
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Mid Qing dynasty
Exquisitely crafted as a European garden pavilion, the main body of
an arched trapezoid shape raised above Baroque-style cabriole feet at
the four corners, surmounted by a square domed marquee ending in
an urn finial at the tip, the blue-ground body enriched with a lustrous
arrowhead and floral diaper pattern, the mounted decorative details
around the edges raised in relief and carefully picked out in gold,
particularly an elaborate pierced oval cartouche decorated with floral
sprays and issuing foliate trimmings on each side, the front mountings
around the door further inset with encrusted glass beaded border
in alternating ruby red and white colours, the roof with oval panels
showing garden fountains issuing blossoming flowers in bright tones
of violet, pink, yellow and lavender on a white ground, the enamelled
circular dial set with minute and hour hands showing Roman and Arabic
numerals, within encircling floral shrubs above a turquoise ground,
all beneath a forest scene featuring automata movements simulating
running a tiger, boar and elephant, all before a backdrop of vertical
glass rods simulating rain or a waterfall, the rear door opening to reveal
the movement with three turn-dials, a weighted pendulum, the triple
fusee movement with verge escapement striking the hour on a bell and
playing on a run of bells and hammers, the backplate engraved with a
signature within a shaped cartouche surrounded by foliate scrolls and an
engraved running border.
44.8cm high.
HK$2,800,000 - 3,400,000
US$360,000 - 440,000

清中期 銅鎏金畫琺瑯轉花活動山水動物樂鐘

Provenance 來源：
The Jingguantang Collection, Hong Kong
Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 April 1997, lot 85
A private Asian collection

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