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四 49. A pair of Chinese cloisonné double-gourd-form lanterns of square section on a splayed foot, with lotus flowerheads and scrolling

十 foliage, the necks with open-winged bats above wan characters all on a turquoise ground, each window divided by lappets and
九 fretwork, the shoulders with stylised yellow jewels all beneath a keyfret band on the rim, the painted glass panels with bats in flight

銅 amongst clouds and precious objects.
胎 15 inches, 38.2 cm total height.
掐 Qianlong, 1736-1795.

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琺 • Formerly in an English private collection.
瑯 • These lanterns are believed to have come from The Summer Palace as a Canton-enamel lantern of similar form in the Qing

葫 Court Collection is illustrated in Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, The Complete Collections of the Palace Museum Treasures, Beijing,

蘆 vol. 43, no. 228, p. 241.
形 • Bat, fu, and wan characters, form the rebus wanfu ‘May you have ten thousand blessings’.
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