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Lot 534

AN EXTREMELY RARE PAIR OF PU CE -ENAMELED 'BAJIXIANG' CANDLESTICKS, QIANLONG SEAL
MARKS AND PE RIOD
Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 USD

AN EXTREMELY RARE PAIR OF PUCE-ENAMELED 'BAJIXIANG' CANDLESTICKS
QIANLONG SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD
清乾隆 胭脂紅彩纏枝蓮八吉祥紋燭台一對 《大清乾隆年製》款

each with a bell-shaped base rising to a knobbed section supporting a dished tray with an everted rim, surmounted by a tapering
columnar neck and a smaller detachable tray on top, the exterior enameled with the 'Eight Buddhist Emblems' amidst large
stylized lotus blooms borne on meandering leafy stems, bands of ruyi heads, keyfret and spearhead bordering each section, the
base interior enameled in turquoise, the front of the dish tray with a horizontal six-character seal mark within a rectangular
cartouche (2)

Height 6 in., 15.2 cm

Provenance
Collection of Avery Brundage (1887-1975).
Collection of Dr. James D. Thornton (1921-2018).
One gifted to a Southern Institution in 1976, the other in 1978.

來源
Avery Brundage (1887-1975) 收藏
James D. Thornton 醫生 (1921-2018) 收藏
贈與一南方機構（其一於1976年，其二於1978年）

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