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                                A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘ARCHAISTIC’ VASES, ZUN
                                QIANLONG-JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820)
                                Each vase is divided on the exterior with four evenly-spaced sections by gilt-bronze
                                flanges, the globular body and flaring foot are boldly decorated with taotie masks. The
                                flaring neck is decorated with a confronting kui dragon band below four petal-shaped
                                panels enclosing further taotie separated by flowerheads on a honeycomb ground. Each
                                gilt-bronze base is incised with an apocryphal Jingtai mark.
                                15 ¿ in. (38.3 cm.) high                                      (2)
                                HK$300,000-500,000                              US$39,000-64,000
                                Compare with a slightly taller (39.5 cm. high) zun with an almost identical
                                decoration and a four-character apocryphal Jingtai mark, dated to the Qianlong
                                period, sold at Christie’s Paris, 22 November 2005, lot 124.

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