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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
2084
A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL QUADRILOBED VASES
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
Of elegant lobed shape, each vase is decorated overall with lotus sprays with feathery leaves
between a band of leaf tips at the base and a ruyi border at the rim, the interior is covered in
dark turquoise enamel. A Qianlong four-character mark with an additional character, ze, is
inscribed on each base.
14Ω in (36.9 cm.) high (2)
$8,000-12,000
Compare the pair of similar vases, also inscribed with a Qianlong four-character mark with an
additional character, ze, offered at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 20 November 1984, lot 506.
清 掐絲琺瑯蕃蓮紋四瓣式花口瓶一對
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