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A CLOISONNÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL
RITUAL WINE VESSEL, JUE
18th century
The globular belly raised on three tall tapered legs
and decorated around the body and interior with
leafy lotus scrolls, the waist with a band of lappets,
one side with a gilt loop handle issuing from a
mythical beast-head, the lip typically flaring at one
end and with a long curving spout between two
upright posts.
23.4cm (9 1/2in) high.

£8,000 - 12,000
CNY71,000 - 110,000
十八世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋爵

See a similar cloisonné and champlevé enamel wine
vessel, jue, Qianlong, in the Museum of Decorative
Arts, Paris, illustrated by B.Quette, ed., Cloisonné:
Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing
Dynasties, New York, 2011, p.86, fig.5.8. Compare
also a pair of related cloisonné enamel jue, 18th
century, illustrated by C.Brown, Chinese Cloisonné:
The Clague Collection, Phoenix, Arizona, 1980, pl.60.

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124 A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SEAL PASTE
BOX AND COVER
17th century
Of circular form, vividly decorated on the domed
cover with three taotie masks around a stylised
archaistic phoenix at the centre, the exterior of
the box similarly decorated with taotie masks, all
reserved on a bright turquoise ground.
7.6cm (3in) diam. (2).

£6,000 - 8,000
CNY53,000 - 71,000

十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯仿古饕餮面 紋印盒

The present cloisonné enamel seal paste box
and cover is rare for its early date introducing the
archaic bronze inspired design of taotie masks in
the decorative scheme of cloisonné enamel wares.
This design signified the wish to emulate the virtues
of antiquity and became particularly popular during
the reign of the Qianlong emperor. See for example
the design of taotie masks and chi dragons used
on a cloisonné enamel vase, early Qing dynasty;
and see also a seal paste box and cover, Qianlong
mark and of the period, illustrated in Compendium
125 of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 2,
Beijing, 2011, pls.10 and 253.

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