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A PAIR OF RARE GILT-DECORATED BLUE A HARDSTONE AND CORAL TREE A CHAMPLEVÉ-ENAMELLED AND GILT
ENAMEL COVERED STEM CUPS AND
WITHIN A CHAMPLEVÉ-ENAMEL COPPER JARDINIERE
STANDS JARDINIERE AND STAND Qianlong
18th century 18th/19th century Of gently flaring cylindrical form, set on a
Of European form, painted with stylised The tree modelled with flowering, leafy spreading petal-lobed foot, the body with
central flowerheads within bands of lotus branches amongst hardstone rockwork, the three tiers of rectangular panels comprising a
blooms and entwined scrolling foliage, the enamel jardiniere decorated with lotus sprays lower band of single peach sprays below two
interiors and undersides enamelled turquoise. and foliage, the tray with archaistic motifs, bands of twin bats flanking shou roundels, all
The vessels and covers 19cm (7.1/2in) high. all on turquoise grounds. The tray 30cm. on a bright turquoise enamelled ground, later
(6). 11.3/4in) long. (2). metal liner.
13.5cm (5.3/8in) high. (2).
£6,000 - 8,000 £1,500 - 2,000
CNY53,000 - 71,000 CNY13,000 - 18,000 £2,000 - 3,000
HK$58,000 - 77,000 HK$15,000 - 19,000 CNY18,000 - 26,000
HK$19,000 - 29,000
Compare with a pair of near identical gilt
decorated blue enamel saucers, Qianlong mark Old inventory number ‘48742’ inscribed
and Period, sold at Christie’s South Kensington, to base.
3rd September 2013, lot 31.

A set of four Qianlong mark and period bowls
with a similar design is illustrated in Shenyang
Imperial Palace Museum, The Prime Cultural
Relics Collected by Shenyang Imperial Palace
Museum: The Enamel Volume, no. 4, pp.40-41.

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