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PROPERTY FROM THE XINYANGTANG COLLECTION 清乾隆 廣東畫琺瑯花卉紋貝殼式飾盒
AN EXQUISITE CANTON ENAMEL SHELL- 來源：
FORM BOX
克拉克伉儷收藏，英格蘭
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD 香港蘇富比2003年4月27日，編號311
skilfully modelled in the form of a shell, the deep box hinged
展覽：
with a flat cover, the exterior enamelled with striations
皇家藝術學院，《中國藝術國際展覽會》， 倫敦，
simulating the undulating surface of a shell, the cover further
decorated with narcissus, peony and other flowering plants, 1935 - 36年， 編號2127 (盒標籤有誤)
the interior enamelled white on one side and with a fruiting
melon branch beneath fluttering butterflies on the other 出版：
7.6 cm, 3 in. Frank David, 〈The Enchantment of Painted Canton
Enamel〉，《The Connoisseur》，1957年6月，圖版8
PROVENANCE
Collection of Mr and Mrs Alfred Clark, England.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 27th April 2003, lot 311
EXHIBITED
London International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy
of Arts, London, 1935-1936, no. 2127 (incorrect inside label).
LITERATURE
Frank David, ‘The Enchantment of Painted Canton Enamel’,
The Connoisseur, June 1957, fig. 8.
HK$ 180,000-250,000
US$ 23,100-32,000

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