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PROPERTY FROM AN ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PAINTED ENAMEL TWO!TIERED BOX AND
COVER
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

of oval section, the straight sides brightly painted with
archaistic kuilong amongst stylised ß oral scrolls reserved
on a yellow ground, the ß at cover similarly decorated and
surmounted by a knop, the interior enamelled turquoise, the
white base with a six-character seal mark
(3)
22.5 cm, 8 ⅞ in.
£ 6,000-8,000
HK$ 66,500-88,500 US$ 8,500-11,300

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A GILT!BRONZE ‘DRAGON’ BOWL
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
the deep rounded sides rising from a splayed foot to a raised
rim, cast and gilt in high-relief with two Þ ve-clawed dragons
pacing above turbulent waves in reach of a ‘ß aming pearl’,
their scaly bodies writhing amidst stylised ß ames and clouds, a
cragged cli' battered by the tempestuous sea on the reverse,
all between a band of pendent ruyi at the foot and incised key-
fret encircling the rim
18.7 cm, 7⅜ in.
Gilt-bronze bowls of this form are rare, although at least one
Qianlong marked example is known in gold, included in the
exhibition Emperor Ch’ien-lung’s Grand Cultural Enterprise,
National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2002, cat. no. I-47. A closely
related pair was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 4th April 2012,
lot 3214.

£ 5,000-7,000
HK$ 55,500-77,500 US$ 7,100-9,900

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