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A PAIR OF LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE Provenance: David B. Peck III, acquired in Paris in 1988
‘BELLS’ Christie’s New York, 18 September 2014, lot 623
Qianlong
Each finely enamelled and decorated around the exteriors with lotus 來源： David B. Peck三世收藏，於1988年購自巴黎
scrolls on a turquoise ground, alternating with gilt bands of petal 2014年9月18日於紐約佳士得拍賣，拍品623號
lappets and archaistic taotie masks, the later added bronze flat top
with a medallion of a dragon, the later added handles comprising of David B. Peck originally collected beer cans amassing a collection of
addorsed arched dragons with their forelegs bent at the rim of the top, cone-topped cans that eventually merited an article in Time magazine.
their heads lowered to the shoulder. When he realised he had the world’s largest collection, he sold it and
Each 36.8cm (14 1/2in) high. (2). started collecting Chinese cloisonné including the present lot.

£30,000 - 40,000
CNY270,000 - 360,000

清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯番蓮紋大鐘 一對

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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