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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY                                             THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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A SMALL CLOISONNE ENAMEL BOTTLE VASE                               A RARE SMALL CLOISONNE ENAMEL SQUARE

QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE AND OF              VASE

THE PERIOD (1736-1795)                                             QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE

The vase is decorated around the body with lotus blooms enclosed   PERIOD (1736-1795)
by bird-head scrolls, below a band of lotus blooms with scrolling
tendrils. The neck is enamelled with three descending bats below   The vase is enamelled on each side of the body with a panel
a band of ruyi-head on the mouth rim. The base is incised with a   formed by six ruyi-motifs in red enamel, enclosing a pair of kui
Qianlong four-character mark.                                      dragons confronted on a Shou medallion, reserved on a turquoise
4 in. (10.1 cm.) high                                              ground decorated with stylised floral sprays. The neck is encircled
                                                                   by a raised gilt-metal band at the base below two further bands
HK$260,000-350,000                         US$34,000-45,000       flanked by a pair of bird-form handles suspending loose rings. The
                                                                   base is incised with the reign mark above the character chao.
                                                                   4 Ω in. (11.3 cm.) high, box

清乾隆   掐絲琺瑯夔鳳紋小瓶   「乾隆年製」楷書刻款                                       HK$350,000-450,000          US$46,000-58,000

                                                                   PROVENANCE

                                                                   Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 November 2013, Lot 3478

                                                                   清乾隆  掐絲琺瑯夔龍捧壽紋小方瓶
                                                                       「大清乾隆年製」、「朝」刻款

                                                                   來源
                                                                   香港佳士得,2013 年 11 月 27 日,拍品 3478 號

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