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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘PEONY’ GARLIC-NECK TWIN-HANDLED VASE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The body is decorated with large peony fowers set against a ‘cracked-ice’ ground,
below a band of ruyi heads surrounding the mouth. Each handle is shaped as a ruyi
sceptre and decorated with a bat.
12º in. (31.1 cm.) high
£30,000-50,000 $39,000-65,000
€35,000-57,000
Compare this to a cloisonné enamel vase with a similar form and style of decoration,
sold at Christie’s Paris, 14 Dec 2011, lot 247.
清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯纏枝牡丹紋蒜頭瓶
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