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A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL GU-SHAPED WALL-VASE A JADEITE-HANDLED KNIFE IN CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SHEATH
Qianlong Mid-Qing Dynasty
Vibrantly enamelled in various coloured enamels on a turquoise ground The tapering sheath decorated on each side with scattered blossoms,
with taotie masks between foliage and stiff leaf designs, within gilt-rims with gilt-bronze borders cast with foliate scroll, the upper border with
and wire. an attached suspension loop and a ruyi pendant, the plain knife handle
24cm (9 1/2in) high. of pale greenish-white stone tapering to another gilt-metal border
above the blade.
£7,000 - 10,000 27.8cm (11in) long. (2).
CNY63,000 - 91,000
£6,000 - 8,000
清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯仿古饕餮紋觚式壁瓶 CNY54,000 - 72,000

Compare with a related wall vase, Kangxi four-character mark and of 清中葉 銅胎掐絲琺瑯鞘玉柄刀
the period, illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz in Chinese Cloisonné:
The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, no.223 For a related set, see Wan Yi, Life in the Forbidden City of Qing
Dynasty, New York, 1988, p.163, no. 241. Compare with a related
sheath of this type, illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese
Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, no.303;
compare also with a related knife, second half 18th century, which
was sold at Christie’s New York, 22 March 2007, lot 179.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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