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An archaistic gilt-bronze ‘auspicious’
rectangular baluster vase, fanghu
Qianlong
Cast with a splayed foot and a gently upwards
flaring body, the flat shoulders and waisted
neck ending in a trumpet neck, flanked at
the sides with a pair of Buddhist lion head
handles biting on circular white jade rings,
each main facade inset with two shuangxi
and shou characters individually, all reserved
above an elaborate relief ground of gilt stylised
lotus blossoms, auspicious Buddhist emblems,
bats in flight, archaistic motifs, ruyi-heads and
keyfret scrolls.
25.7cm high.
HK$300,000 - 400,000
US$39,000 - 52,000
清乾隆 銅鎏金浮雕蓮花地囍壽紋雙環耳壺

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