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A PAIR OF RARE AND LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL Although there are considerable numbers of cloisonné enamel vessels
BALUSTER VASES with motifs of flowers and birds from the Qianlong period, very few
Qianlong seal marks, Qing Dynasty of them are of the same impressive size. The present lot depicts
Each with tapering neck flanked by a pair of dragon handles, floral designs of the four seasons on a wan-diaper background.
enamelled to one side with chrysanthemum, peony and prunus borne Chrysanthemums, closely associated with the hermetic poet Tao Qian
on gnarled trees and with perched birds, the other side with a lotus 陶潛 (365-427), represent autumn; peonies symbolise late spring and
pond alternating with a flying crane, together with two double-tiered early summer; plum blossoms represent winter or early spring and
Japanese cinnabar lacquer stands deeply carved to each side with a symbolise strength and endurance. The lotus, extolled in a famous
lion mask flanked by two peonies, the panel top painted with a coiling essay by Zhou Dunyi 周敦頤 (1017-1073), represents summer and
dragon, Meiji period. symbolises purity.
The vases 74.8cm (29 3/8in) high; the stands 77.4cm (30 1/2in) high (4).
For a related cloisonné enamel vase with double handles and floral
£12,000 - 15,000 designs of the four seasons on a wan-diaper ground, but of hexagonal
CNY110,000 - 130,000 form, mid-Qing dynasty, see Compendium of Collections in the Palace
Museum: Enamels 3, Beijing, 2011, p.187, no.152.
清 銅胎掐絲琺瑯鴛鴦花石圖大瓶一對
「大清乾隆年製」篆書鑄款 Compare with a large cloisonné enamel ‘birds and flowers’ vase, with
similar Qianlong cast six-character seal mark within double rectangles
Provenance: acquired prior to 29 November 1984 (date of Spink & and of the period, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2012,
Son Ltd., London valuation) lot 2221.
An English private collection, and thence by descent

來源： 購於1984年11月29日前（記錄於倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd.
之估價文件）
英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

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