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A RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT- 清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯獸面紋尊
BRONZE ARCHAISTIC ‘TAOTIE’ VESSEL, ZUN
MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG 《乾隆年製》款
cast with a compressed globular central section resting on a 來源：
splayed foot and flaring at the trumpet mouth, the bulbous 艾弗瑞．莫里森（1821-1897年）收藏，放山居
mid-section superbly enamelled with four golden-olive taotie 倫敦佳士得2004年11月9日，編號45
masks highlighted with multi-coloured outlines formed of
scrollwork, between two key-fret bands encircling the lower
and upper sections of the neck and foot respectively, the foot
similarly decorated with four green taotie masks, all below
a frieze of upright plantain blades enclosing kui phoenix
bordering the neck, all against a bright turquoise ground
with fine keyfret wires and below a gilt-bronze rim decorated
with a keyfret band, the inner neck further decorated with
a turquoise-ground border enclosing a luxuriant lotus scroll
issuing blooms of varying sizes interspersed with leaves and
tendrils, the base centred with a four-character reign mark
within a double square
15.1 cm, 5⅞ in.

PROVENANCE
Collection of Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Fonthill House,
Tisbury, Wiltshire.
Christie’s London, 9th November 2004, lot 45.

HK$ 1,800,000-2,500,000
US$ 230,000-319,000

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