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PROPERTY FROM A TEXAS COLLECTION

1010
AN UNUSUAL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL BELL

18TH-19TH CENTURY
The bell is encircled by a gilt-bronze bow-string band at the midsection, that
separates Buddhist deities amidst clouds on the upper register, with taotie
masks and archaistic elements on the lower register. The top is surmounted
by a two-head dragon-form fnial, and an apocryphal Jingtai mark is above the
scalloped bottom edge.
12º in. (31.1 cm.) high
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE

Christie’s New York, 16 September 2010, lot 1038.
清十八/十九世紀 掐絲琺瑯瑞獸鈕鐘

1010

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

1011
A LARGE METAL-MOUNTED CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL
FACETED VASE

LATE 18TH-19TH CENTURY
The vase is decorated on the four sides with peony, chrysanthemum and
prunus and there are further fowers on the tapering shoulders. The faceted
corners are decorated with blue angular scroll and are mounted with metal
mounts cast as cord-tied bi discs stretched between the beaks of winged birds
applied to the shoulder corners and the heads of crouching monster supports
at the base.
16¡ in. (41.7 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE

Acquired prior to 1939, and thence by descent within the family.
清十八世紀晚期/十九世紀 掐絲琺瑯花卉圖大方瓶

1011

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