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A RARE SMALL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL
RECTANGULAR VASE
MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The four sides are decorated with polychrome lotus blossoms
joined by pale blue leafy tendrils all reserved on a dark blue ground.
Within incised foliate borders below an incised quatrefoil collar that
surrounds the base of the circular neck and fared mouth.
6 in. (15.3 cm.) high
$5,000-7,000
晚明 掐絲琺瑯西番蓮紋方瓶

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A SMALL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CIRCULAR BOX
AND COVER
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INSCRIBED MARK
WITH AN ADDITIONAL CHARACTER, ZHONG, AND OF
THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The domed cover is centered by an Arabic inscription in black on a
white ground within an outer feld of fower scroll repeated on the
sides of the box, with ruyi borders at the rims.
2Ω in. (6.3 cm.) diam.
$15,000-20,000

A three piece Arabic-inscribed altar set illustrated by H. Brinker
and A. Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection,
The Asia Society, New York, 1989, no. 340 includes a similarly
decorated circular box and cover of slightly larger proportions.
清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯阿文小蓋盒 《乾隆年製中》刻款

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