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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL JAR AND COVER,
ZHOUTOU GUAN
QING DYNASTY, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The small jar modelled with walls which taper slightly towards the
flat everted rim, the exterior is finely embellished with delicately
scrolling vines bearing variously coloured lotus blooms and buds.
The rim is decorated with scrolling lotus above a foliage band and
the interior and base are gilt. The cover is similarly decorated with
lotus srcolls.
2 ¡ in. (6 cm.) high, box
HK$120,000-180,000 US$16,000-23,000
The Chinese name for this particular form of jarlet which
was popular in the Ming and Qing dynasty was zhoutou
guan, which is translated as ‘scroll-end jarlet’, describing the
resemblance of this form to the end of a hanging scroll.

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A TURQUOISE-GROUND
CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPOD
CENSER
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The squat bombé-form censer rests on three
short tapered feet. The exterior is decorated
in gilt wires and vibrant enamels with
four alternating upright and inverted lotus
blossoms growing from a scrolling leafy vine.
4 in. (10.2 cm.) diam.
HK$150,000-250,000
US$20,000-32,000

PROVENANCE
Spink & Son Ltd., London, 31 August 1982
Collection of Juan José Amezaga, sold at
Christie’s Paris, 13 June 2007, lot 14
Compare with a tripod censer dated to
the second half of the 17th century of a
similar form and decoration with a pair of
mask ring handles illustrated in H. Brinker
and A. Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre
Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, no. 195.

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