A Chinese cloisonne and gilt-bronze revolving baluster vase

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A Chinese cloisonne and gilt-bronze revolving baluster vase
decorated with articulated roundels of dragons among clouds and above breaking waves, on turquoise grounds of bats in flight amongst scattered shou characters, a band of key-frets of the rim above interweaving ruyi-heads to the shoulder and lotus petals to the lower section, the interior cylinder decorated with scrolling lotus on a white ground -- 18¾in. (45.7cm.) high, Qianlong.

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