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A FINELY CAST PARCEL-GILT
BRONZE ARCHAISTIC VASE
MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG

with a baluster body supported on a slightly
splayed foot and rising to a trumpet neck and
flaring rim, the neck flanked by a pair of Buddhist
lion mask handles, each suspending a loose
ring from its mouth, the body decorated with a
frieze enclosing meandering scrolls bearing lotus
blooms and curling leaves, between bands of
keyfret and pendent plantain blades, all below
keyfret and upright lappets encircling the neck
and lower rim respectively, the parcel-gilt surface
further accentuated with liberal splashes of gold,
the base incised with a four-character reign mark
13.6 cm, 5⅜ in.
PROVENANCE
A Dutch private collection, by repute.

HK$ 600,000-800,000
US$ 77,500-104,000

This finely cast archaistic bronze vase epitomises
the reverence for antiquity in the Qianlong period.
Similar archaistic decoration can be seen on
another rare gold-splashed vessel, a Qianlong
reign-marked vase in the Musée Cernuschi,
illustrated by Michel Maucuer, Bronzes de la
Chine impériale, des Song aux Qin, Paris, 2013,
cat. no. 49. Compare also the decoration on a
Qianlong reign-marked gold-splashed bronze
vase and water pot, sold at Christie’s New York,
17th/18th September 2015, lot 2116, and a vase
sold in these rooms, 5th October 2016, lot 63,
from the collection of Roger Keverne.

清乾隆 局部鎏金銅鏨番蓮紋舖獸銜環撇口尊
《乾隆年製》款

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