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PROPERTY OF A LADY (LOTS 246 - 248 INCLUSIVE)
英國私人珍藏(拍品246號至248號)

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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ARCHAISTIC WINE VESSEL, JUE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

The vessel is decorated with lotus blooms and leafy tendrils,
below a band of ruyi-heads below the mouth rim. One side of the
body is applied with a gilt dragon-head handle. The base has a
trigram emblem within a circle forming the symbol qian.
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high

£8,000-12,000 $11,000-15,000
€9,300-14,000

PROVENANCE

A private English collection.

Compare the current lot with a very similarly formed and
decorated cloisonné enamel jue sold in Christie’s Hong Kong,
28 November 2005, lot 1496.

The jue appears to have been essential to Shang dynasty (circa
1600-1100 BC) rituals, as they are one of the most numerous
vessels found in Shang royal and aristocratic tombs. It is likely
that they were used for heating alcohol over a fre; with the
post-like handles functioning as supports for lifting the vessel.

清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯纏枝番蓮紋爵盃

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247
A CELADON JADE CARVING OF A CRANE
18TH-19TH CENTURY

The tall bird is carved standing with a lingzhi branch in its beak,
with further trailing branches around the body and the legs. The
stone is of an even pale celadon tone.
6Ω in. (16.5 cm.) high

£6,000-10,000 $7,600-13,000

€7,000-12,000

PROVENANCE

A private English collection.

清十八/十九世紀 青白玉仙鶴銜靈芝擺件

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