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AN EXTREMELY RARE 清乾隆

CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮鳳首提樑壺
GILT-BRONZE EWER AND 《大清乾隆年製》款

COVER 來源：
MARK AND PERIOD OF 歐洲私人收藏，1980年代入藏
倫敦蘇富比2008年11月5日，編號56
QIANLONG

superbly cast with an ovoid body rising from a short foot to a
constricted neck and wide mouth-rim, one side of the vessel
with an elongated gilt-bronze phoenix-head spout rendered
issuing from a dragon’s mouth, opposite a corresponding
dragon tail, the exterior of the body densely enamelled with
a wide band of Indian lotus strapwork between bands of
pendent ruyi heads and upright lappets and overlapping cloud
scrolls, the flat shoulder and neck enamelled with floral scrolls,
all against a bright turquoise ground, the shoulder further
surmounted by a handle decorated with two facing dragons
amongst swirling ‘wish-granting’ clouds, the gilt-bronze base
incised with a six-character reign mark within a double square
31.5 cm, 12⅜ in.

PROVENANCE
A European private collection, acquired in the 1980s.
Sotheby’s London, 5th November 2008, lot 56.

HK$ 4,000,000-6,000,000
US$ 510,000-765,000

Mark

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