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A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL YELLOW-GROUND BOTTLE
VASES
De Cheng studio marks, late Qing Dynasty
Each finely enamelled with various brightly coloured floral sprays and
butterflies, all reserved on a yellow, diaper-pattern ground, pendant
ruyi-heads around the top of the neck beneath the galleried rim with
classic scroll. Each 34cm (13 1/3in) high. (2).
£5,000 - 7,000
CNY44,000 - 61,000

清晚期 掐絲琺瑯黃地萬字花蝶紋長頸瓶一對
「德成」錘印款

Compare with a similar vase with a yellow ground in the Qing Court
Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum: Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, Hong Kong, 2001,
p.174, no.166. The example in the Palace Museum bears the incised
‘Beijing baohuasheng ji’ (private workshop) trademark on the gilded
base, encircling a carved five-point star within, which also dates it to
the late Qing dynasty. Another yellow-ground cloisonne enamel vase
with De Cheng marks, 19th century, by illustrated by B.Quette, ed.,
Cloisonne: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties,
223 New York, 2011, p.299, no.146.

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A VERY LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘PHOENIX’ DISH
19th century
The interior decorated with a phoenix perching on a prunus branch
issuing from jagged rocks amid sprays of blossoming peonies and
hovering magpies, all on a brick-red ground, the reverse with further
sprays of peonies, lotus, prunus and chrysanthemums on a vibrant
turquoise ground. 55cm (21 5/8in) diam.
£2,000 - 4,000
CNY18,000 - 35,000
十九世紀 掐絲琺瑯鳳紋大盤

Provenance: Nagel, Stuttgart, 30 October 2013, lot 705.
A European private collection

來源：德國納高，2013年10月30日，拍品編號705
歐洲私人收藏
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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘DRAGON’ INCENSE STICK-HOLDER
Late Qing Dynasty
The gilt-copper and cloisonné enamel incense burner composed of
eight detachable parts, featuring a winged coiled dragon raising from
224 and resting on a dome of turbulent waves supported on a splayed
pedestal, with a ferocious expression and open fangs issuing a cluster
of vaporous and colourful ruyi supported on a curling stem.
38cm (15in) high.
£3,500 - 4,500
CNY31,000 - 39,000

清晚期 掐絲琺瑯飛龍式蠟台

Provenance: a European private collection

來源：歐洲私人收藏

Compare with a similar cloisonné enamel dragon incense stick-holder,
late Qing dynasty, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the
Palace Museum: Enamels, 4, Beijing, 2011, p.360, no.290. See also
another pair of similar cloisonné enamel dragon incense stick-holders,
late Qing dynasty, illustrated in the Chinese Export Art in the Hermitage
Museum, Late 16th-19th Centuries, St. Petersburg, 2003, pp.94-95,
no.107.
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