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A RARE PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-METAL
LANTERNS AND COVERS
QIANLONG-JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820)
Each has a circular, openwork body formed by latticework decorated with
diaper pattern and ‘joined’ at the corners by large blue ruyi heads, between
gilt-metal, petal-lappet borders and the fared foot and upper gallery cast in
openwork with foliate-patterned ruyi heads. Each has a domed, rectangular
cover with openwork decorative bands in cloisonné and gilt metal below a
globular, blue glass fnial.
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high (2)
$20,000-30,000
清乾隆/嘉慶 掐絲琺瑯宮燈一對
(another view with covers)
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