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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL CYLINDRICAL BOX AND COVER
Qianlong mark, but later
Of circular shape, the lightly domed cover decorated on a turquoise-
blue ground with a butterfly above peonies, cockscomb and daisies
or chrysanthemum rising from blue rockwork on a grassy knoll, with a
two-line ten-character inscription in black alongside, all within a border
of ruyi-heads and a gilt copper edge, scrolling lotus running around the
short vertical sides divided by further gilt copper edges, the base with
four lotus heads at the cardinal points with stylized scrolling tendrils
surrounding the square seal mark and further small six-petaled flower
heads between them, with a four-character cloisonne mark in a red
square to the base.
3 3/4in (9.5cm) diameter

$2,500 - 3,500

68 掐絲琺瑯花卉紋蓋盒 《乾隆年製》款

The ten-character poetic inscription reads: Feng Zi Ge Yuan Su, Ge
Diao Song Biwu Qing this can be translated as: Great postures derive
from different customs. The vigorous nature reflects this.

The form of the box and the stylized floral scrolling to the sides and
base are based on earlier Ming dynasty cloisonne boxes of the fifteenth
through seventeenth centuries. For an example see a mid-sixteenth
century box from the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, illustrated
in Cloisonne, Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing
Dynasties, Bard Graduate Center, New York, 2011, p. 245, no. 42. The
rockwork landscape scene on the cover is stylistically very typical of
eighteenth century production. Compare with a roundel on a Qianlong
vase illustrated by Yang Boda, Zhongguo jinyin boli falang qiquan
jibian jiwei yuanhui, (Collection of Chinese Goldware and Silverware,
Enamelware), Vol 6, Hebei, 2004, p. 10, no. 14.

PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS
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A GILT BRONZE CENSER
18th/19th Century
The body of hexagonal form, cast in several sections, supported by
three separately cast cabriolet legs, the panels, arms and neck with
high relief landscapes and floral motifs, the body and cover further
adorned with chasing, the reticulated cover topped with a mythical
beast as a finial.
8 7/8in (22.5cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000

十八/十九世紀 鎏金銅香爐

For an incense garniture including a censor of similar type, see
Christie’s, Hong Kong, 31 October 2000, lot 1002.
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