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A PAIR OF FINE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-METAL BLUE-GROUND OCTAGONAL JARDINIERES
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each supported on eight small splayed bracket feet and with curved flaring sides, enamelled on each facet with a pair of light blue Kui dragons, their eyes picked out in red, and reserved on lapis-lazuli blue ground, below key-pattern bands at the upper rims, the flat bases with scattered prunus blossoms on a turquoise 'cracked-ice' ground, with original liners
7 1/8 in. (18.2 cm.) wide
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QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each supported on eight small splayed bracket feet and with curved flaring sides, enamelled on each facet with a pair of light blue Kui dragons, their eyes picked out in red, and reserved on lapis-lazuli blue ground, below key-pattern bands at the upper rims, the flat bases with scattered prunus blossoms on a turquoise 'cracked-ice' ground, with original liners
7 1/8 in. (18.2 cm.) wide
(2)
Provenance
Lord Loch of Drylaw (1827-1860)
Alfred Morrison (1821-1897) and thence by descent to Lord Margadale of Islay, at Fonthill House, Wiltshire (Fonthill heirlooms)
Chinese Porcelains and Enamels from The Alfred Morrison Collection, Fonthill House, Christie's London, 9 November 2004, lot 35
Alfred Morrison (1821-1897) and thence by descent to Lord Margadale of Islay, at Fonthill House, Wiltshire (Fonthill heirlooms)
Chinese Porcelains and Enamels from The Alfred Morrison Collection, Fonthill House, Christie's London, 9 November 2004, lot 35
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