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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMELLED SPITTOON, AN EXPORT SILVER ‘PRUNUS’ TEA A GILT DECORATED BLUE ENAMELLED
COVER AND LINER, ZHADOU CADDY AND COVER ‘LOTUS’ BOWL
Qianlong By Yu Ji for Wang Hing & Co., Hong Kong, Qianlong four-character seal mark and of the
The rounded sides rising to an everted late 19th/early 20th century period
bracket lobed rim and domed cover, Decorated throughout on the globular body Painted in gilt around the exterior with a
decorated with polychrome lotus sprays and in a medallion on the cylindrical cover continuous lotus scroll, beneath a key-fret
and entwined scrolling foliage on turquoise with delicate branches of blossoming prunus, border on the rim and a band of lappets
enamelled grounds, the base with prunus the base with stamped ‘WH’, ‘90’, and ‘Yu Ji around the foot, all on a lustrous violet-blue
and cracked ice. [敔記]’ marks. 11.5cm (4 1/2in) high (2). ground, the interior a turquoise blue, the
14.7cm (5.3/4in) diam. (3). recessed base white. 12.4cm (4 7/8in) diam.
£800 - 1,000
£2,000 - 3,000 HK$8,600 - 11,000 £1,000 - 1,500
HK$21,000 - 32,000 CNY7,200 - 9,100 HK$11,000 - 16,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000 CNY9,100 - 14,000
Compare with a very similar pair of gilt-
decorated blue enamelled lotus bowls,
Qianlong four character marks and of the
period, illustrated in The Prime Cultural Relics
Collected by Shenyang Imperial Palace
Museum: The Enamel Volume, Liaoning,
2004, p.41, no.4.

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