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           A PAIR OF LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL
           VASES
           QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

           each of baluster form rising from a splayed foot, the bodies
           depicting flying butterflies and birds perched on branches of
           multi-coloured peonies, below a band of the Eight Buddhist
           Emblems at the shoulders and a band of ruyi below the rim, the
           neck and foot similarly decorated with stylised meandering lotus
           scrolls, all against a bright blue ground, with a gilt keyfret border
           at the rim
           (2)
           86 cm, 33⅞ in.

           PROVENANCE
           Christie’s South Kensington, 10th November 2006, lot 306.
           W £ 3,000-5,000
           HK$ 31,000-52,000   US$ 3,950-6,600
           清十九世紀   掐絲琺瑯花鳥圖大瓶一對                                                       379

           來源
           南肯辛頓佳士得2006年11月10日, 編號306
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                                                                      PROPERTY FROM A SPANISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
                                                                      A LARGE PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL
                                                                      CRANES
                                                                      QING DYNASTY
                                                                      each with long legs standing on an oval wood base with the
                                                                      wings neatly tucked around the body, the red-crested head
                                                                      with long beak supported on an elegant arched detachable
                                                                      neck
                                                                      (4)
                                                                      77 cm, 30½ in.
                                                                      W £ 3,000-5,000
                                                                      HK$ 31,000-52,000   US$ 3,950-6,600

                                                                      清   掐絲琺瑯仙鶴一對




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           A LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE
           EARLY 20TH CENTURY
           the globular body rising from a short foot to a cylindrical neck
           and everted gilt-bronze rim,  brightly polychrome-enamelled
           around the exterior of the body with stylised lotus scrolls and
           foliates, below a band of plantain leaves at the shoulders, with
           further floral scrolls at the neck, the foot decorated with a
           keyfret border, all reserved on a turquoise-blue ground
           54.5 cm, 21½ in.
           £ 4,000-6,000
           HK$ 41,300-62,000   US$ 5,300-7,900
           二十世紀初   掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋棒槌瓶
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