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十 50. A pair of Chinese imperial bronze two-handled dragon vases, each cast on the body and between the double ribbed neck with eight

御 five-clawed dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls amongst stylised ruyi-head clouds above a band of archaic lappets and scrolls on the
製 splayed foot and beneath a band of scrolls and double keyfret on the galleried rim, all between dragon-head open-mouthed handles

銅 with loose rings.
鑄 16 ⅞ inches, 42.8 cm high.

雲 Each foot rim with the six-character relief marks of Qianlong written in a line Da Qing Qianlong nian zao, and of the period,

龍 1736-1795.
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珠 • Formerly in a private family collection in Chicago, USA, purchased circa 1950.
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雙 • This group of superbly cast bronze vases would have comprised of a five piece altar garniture made for specific temples in the
耳 Imperial Palace and were commissioned as a tribute to the Emperor Qianlong.
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• An altar garniture comprising of two closely related vases, two candlesticks and a censer, was sold by Sotheby’s Hong Kong in

一 their auction of Splendours of The Qing Court, 11th April 2008, no. 2826; and another is illustrated in Qingdai Gongting Shenghu,
對 pl.467, p. 299; it is in situ in The Xianruo Temple in the garden of Cining Gong (Palace of Compassion and Tranquillity) within

the Forbidden City.

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