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A RARE TIBETAN-STYLE LACQUERED
EWER AND COVER, DUOMUHU
18th century
The tall cylindrical body issuing a curved
spout, divided into three sections by raised
bands decorated with floral scrolls, finely
decorated and the body with gilded designs
of leafy branches and floral balls, all on a
gilded speckled background, the circular
cover with designs of blossoming lotus borne
on meandering stem.
42.5cm (16 6/8in) high. (2).
£6,000 - 8,000
CNY54,000 - 72,000
十八世紀 黑漆描金花葉紋多穆壺
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The duomuhu shape is derived from a Tibetan
prototype known as the bey lep, which
was used for storing milk tea in Lamaist
monasteries. Towards the end of the 17th
century, following the Kangxi emperor’s
renewal of interest in Tibet and Tibetan
Buddhism, vessels featuring the duomu form
appeared in metalwork and in porcelain; these
were were usually decorated with enamels
and used to store butter, milk and wine. See
for example, a cloisonné enamel duomuhu
ewer, 17th century, illustrated by H.Brinker
and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloissone: The Pierre
Uldry Collection, Zurich, 1989, pl.159.

Compare with a related purple-lacquer
milk pot with a gold-painted vine-and-lotus
design, mid Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court
Collection, illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum. Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty,
Shanghai, 2006, p.182, no.135.

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A BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER,
LIDING
Xuande seal mark, 17th/18th century
Of compressed globular form raised on three
low conical feet, the sides flanked by a pair of
loop handles, the underside crisply cast with a
Xuande seal mark in a rectangular cartouche.
13cm (5 1/8in) wide.

£4,000 - 6,000
CNY36,000 - 54,000

十七/十八世紀 銅雙耳壓經爐
「宣德年製」篆書款

A related bronze incense burner, 17th century,
was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April
2013, lot 173.

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