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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO
                                                                        SUPPORT ART ACQUISITIONS AND COLLECTIONS CARE
                                                                        925
                                                                        A LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPLE-
                                                                        GOURD VASE
                                                                        18TH CENTURY
                                                                        The vase is decorated on the trumpet neck with
                                                                        upright leaf-lappets and is flanked by two gilt-
                                                                        bronze dragon handles. The top and center bulbs
                                                                        are decorated with lotus scroll, and the lower bulb
                                                                        with four five-clawed dragons amidst lotus scroll,
                                                                        each chasing a flaming pearl. The base is cast with
                                                                        an apocryphal four-character Jingtai mark.
                                                                        26Ω in. (67.3 cm.) high
                                                                        $70,000-90,000
                                                                        PROVENANCE:
                                                                        George Walter Vincent Smith (1832-1923),
                                                                        Springfield, Massachusetts, acquired prior to 1910.
                                                                        斯普菲博物館珍藏,拍賣收益將用於藏品購藏及維護
                                                                        清十八世紀 掐絲琺瑯戲珠龍紋大葫蘆瓶
                                                                        來源:
                                                                        史喬沃先生(1832-1923),斯普林菲爾德,麻薩諸塞
                                                                        州,入藏於1910年以前。




































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