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The present very rare pair of cloisonné vessels attests to Qianlong Emperor’s
A RARE PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL HE-FORM VESSELS AND
COVERS pursuit of antiquarianism in decorative arts. The inspiration for the shape
and decoration of vessels can be seen in early bronze prototypes, such as
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
the Shang example in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei,
16 in. (40.6 cm.) high illustrated in Shang Ritual Bronzes in the National Palace Museum Collection,
Taipei, 1998, pp. 164-67, no. 11; and another with related decoration, in the
$60,000-80,000 Avery Brundage Collection, illustrated by R.-Y. Lefebvre d'Argencé in Ancient
Chinese Bronzes in the Avery Brundage Collection, Asian Art Museum of San
PROVENANCE: Francisco, San Francisco, 1977, pp. 22-23, pl. VI. The early bronze and later
Ambassador to Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), by repute. cloisonné interpretations share a similarly lobed body spreading smoothly
Major General Howard McCrum Snyder (1881-1970, White House physician to upward from the tapering legs, and the lobes are decorated with large taotie
President Dwight D. Eisenhower), acquired in Berlin, 1950s, by repute. masks. The similarities can also be seen in the handles and placement
Private collection, Philadelphia. and shape of the spout. On the domed covers of the present ewers, the
domed-cap finial has been replaced by a lotus bud. The present examples
清̖隆ǎ掐絲琺瑯饕餮紋仿۵蓋盉ˏ對 can be compared to a nearly identical pair of cloisonné enamel he dated to
Ϝ源 the Qianlong period, previously in the collection of Nathan Bushell, sold at
Christie's New York, 15 September 2009, lot 205, and the single example
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美४✼統艾森ㆆ威ḓ̃常駐白 (1832-1923) Collection, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 May 2021, lot
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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL DISH
18TH CENTURY
The interior and base are covered in gilding.
7¿ in. (18.3 cm.) diam.

$6,000-8,000

清十Ջˠ紀ǎ掐絲琺瑯開Բ蓮紋盤

PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO SUPPORT ART
ACQUISITIONS AND COLLECTIONS CARE
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A SMALL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL RECTANGULAR VASE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
4¡ in. (11.1 cm.) high

$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE:
George Walter Vincent Smith (1832-1923), Springfield, Massachusetts,
acquired prior to 1910.

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清̖隆ǎ掐絲琺瑯蓮紋小方瓶
Ϝ源
史喬沃Ա生（ ），斯普林菲ḓ德，麻薩バਫ਼州，Ն藏於 年͠עǐ
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