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A PAIR OF PAINTED ENAMEL ‘BUDDHIST EMBLEMS’
PRICKET CANDLE STICKS
19th century
Each with a central everted square drip pan set above the stepped
baluster column supporting a small drip pan around the pricket, and
below the splayed square foot, variously painted with the bajixiang,
Eight Buddhist Emblems, amidst foliate floral scrolls and framed by
ruyi-head and key-fret borders, all reserved on a blue ground, fixed
wood stands.
Each: 40cm (15 1/2in) high (2).

£2,000 - 3,000
HK$20,000 - 31,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000

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A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ROULEAU VASES
19th century
Each cylindrical vase decorated with floral sprays of lotus
chrysanthemum and peony, all reserved on a wan diaper ground,
with ruyi-head, lappet and key-fret bands at the shoulder, neck and
mouth rim, raised on a foliate gilt-bronze base.
Each: 41cm (16 1/8in) high (2).
£800 - 1,200
HK$8,200 - 12,000
CNY7,200 - 11,000

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A GILT-COPPER AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL FIGURE OF
MAGU
18th/19th century
Standing on a pink lotus pedestal, the face with pensive expression
beneath a chignon bun, adorned with heavy robes in blue, yellow,
green and red enamel, decorated with auspicious bats, wispy ruyi-
head clouds, and lotus, on her back is a flower basket. 18cm (7in)
high
£1,500 - 2,000
HK$15,000 - 20,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
The flower-basket depicted on the figure’s back is often associated
either with the Daoist figure Magu, or that of Lan Caihe.
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