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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL ARCHAISTIC VASE
19th century
Of ovoid form with high shoulders rising to a waisted neck with gilded A similar but slightly larger Qianlong period example was sold in our
lipped rim, the body densely decorated with alternating taotie masks Hong Kong rooms, 3 Dec 2015, lot 58. Compare also a mid-Qing
above ruyi-heads and archaistic kuilong scrolls, repeated in smaller dynasty example with very similar alternating taotie masks, illustrated
size at the neck, with bands of linked ruyi-heads at the shoulder in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 3,
and below the mouth rim, the lower part of the body encircled by Beijing, 2011, pl.81. See also another example with comparable
a scrolled border forming linked ruyi-outlines enclosing alternating interlinked ruyi-head decoration illustrated in Helmut Brinker and
lotus blooms borne on leafy tendrils, the foot centered with a four- Albert Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New
character Qianlong mark set against a honeycomb diaper ground, York, 1989, no.228. See also a related Qianlong period archaistic
each cell of the honeycomb enclosing a floret, all surrounded by the cloisonné enamel vase, from the Brooklyn Museum, New York,
gilded foot ring. illustrated in Béatrice Quette, ed., Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from
16 1/2in (42cm) high the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, New York, 2011, p.92, fig.5.20.

$20,000 - 30,000 For other cloisonné enamel vases of similar shape, compare a slightly
larger vase decorated with bats and peaches, and another smaller
十九世紀 掐絲琺瑯仿古饕餮紋大尊 mid-Qing example with leafy lotus sprays, illustrated in Compendium
of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 3, Beijing, 2011,
pls.79 and 80.

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