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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
女士藏品
225 TP
A PAIR OF LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL
BALUSTER VASES
Qianlong seal marks, Qing Dynasty
Each with tapering neck flanked by a pair of
dragon handles, enamelled to one side with
chrysanthemum, peony and prunus borne on
gnarled trees and with perched birds, the other side
with a lotus pond alternating with a flying crane,
together with two double-tiered Japanese cinnabar
lacquer stands, Meiji period. The vases 74.8cm
(29 3/8in) high; the stands 77.4cm (30 1/2in) high (4).
£6,000 - 10,000
CNY54,000 - 89,000
清 銅胎掐絲琺瑯鴛鴦花石圖大瓶一對
「大清乾隆年製」篆書鑄款

Provenance: acquired prior to 29 November 1984
(date of Spink & Son Ltd., London valuation)
An English private collection, and thence by descent

來源： 購於1984年11月29日前（記錄於倫敦古董
商Spink & Son Ltd.之估價文件）
英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

The present lot depicts floral designs of the
four seasons on a wan-diaper background.
Chrysanthemums, closely associated with the
hermetic poet Tao Qian 陶潛 (365-427), represent
autumn; peonies symbolise late spring and early
summer; plum blossoms represent winter or early
spring and symbolise strength and endurance.
The lotus, extolled in a famous essay by Zhou
Dunyi 周敦頤 (1017-1073), represents summer
and symbolises purity.

For a related cloisonné enamel vase with double 224
handles and floral designs of the four seasons on a
wan-diaper ground, but of hexagonal form, mid Qing
dynasty, see Compendium of Collections in the Palace
Museum: Enamels 3, Beijing, 2011, p.187, no.152.

Compare with a large cloisonné enamel ‘birds
and flowers’ vase, with similar Qianlong cast six-
character seal mark within double rectangles and of
the period, which was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong,
28 November 2012, lot 2221.

226 Y Ф
A FINE SILVER SLENDER BALUSTER TEAPOT
AND COVER
Incised Yue Youdian zao mark, 17th/18th century
The lobed vessel decorated in repoussé with panels
depicting landscape scenes dotted with pavilions and
scholars amidst floral and fruiting branches, the spout
issued from a lion head, the loop handle modelled
as a gnarled tree trunk, the cover with a bud-shaped
finial. 17.2cm (6 3/4in) high (2).

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
十七/十八世紀 銀開光花鳥紋瓜棱形執壺
「粵有店造」楷書刻款

A related silver-gilt teapot and cover, Kangxi, was sold
at Christie’s New York, 23 October 2008, lot 233.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. FINE CHINESE ART | 209