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A MAGNIFICENT AND RARE 清乾隆

IMPERIAL GILT-METAL 鍍金銅報時報刻樓閣式鐘
QUARTER-STRIKING TABLE 《乾隆年製》款

CLOCK 來源：
MARK AND PERIOD OF 倫敦佳士得1993年6月7日，編號142

QIANLONG

lavishly modelled after Western designs and supported on
a lacquered base resting on four short feet, the elaborate
rectangular gilt-metal case surmounted by a double-stepped
cupola below a spherical finial cast in low relief and openwork
with lotus blooms, surrounded by a square pierced gallery
supporting four baluster pillars at the corners, the front of the
frame with a gilt dial decorated with lotus scrolls and applied
with a brass chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals
enclosing pierced blue hands issuing from a further gilt
medallion meticulously engraved with scrollwork, flanked on
the sides with two panel doors opulently cast in low relief with
lotus blooms borne on undulating leafy stems, the four sides
of the case interrupted by four similarly decorated columns,
each side door opening to reveal the movement of two
addorsed assemblies, the central gilt dial crested with a four-
character reign mark within an arched frame on a plaque
47.5 cm, 18⅝ in.
PROVENANCE
Christie’s London, 7th June 1993, lot 142.

HK$ 15,000,000-20,000,000
US$ 1,920,000-2,550,000

100 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比