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1260 A similar cloisonné enamel duck-form vessel with a vase of a
diferent shape supported on the back was sold at Christie’s
A PAIR OF UNUSUAL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL London, 15 November 2000, lot 101. See, also, a related duck-form
ARCHAISTIC DUCK-FORM VESSELS vessel in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated
18TH-19TH CENTURY in Zhongguo Meishu Quanji, Arts and Crafts, vol. 10, Beijing, 1987,
no. 338.
The head of each hollow, standing fgure is slightly turned, and the
body, which supports a separately made vase, is decorated with Compare also a less naturalistic Qianlong cloisonné example in the
feathers and archaistic scrolls. National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Enamel Ware in the
Ming and Ch’ing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, no. 44.
14 in. (35.7 cm.) high (2)
$25,000-35,000 For a prototype of this form see the Song dynasty archaistic inlaid
bronze bird with a vase on its back in the collection of the Victoria
PROVENANCE & Albert Museum, illustrated by R. S. Jenyns and W. Watson in
Chinese Art, The Minor Arts, Fribourg, 1963, pp. 104-5, no. 42.
Sotheby’s New York, 30 March 2006, lot 179
清十八/十九世紀 掐絲琺瑯天雞尊一對
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