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a large cloisonné enamel bottle vase
FIRST HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY
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a large cloisonné enamel bottle vase
First half of the 18th Century
The body decorated with Indian lotus in full bloom, and bats between a collar of linked ruyi panels containing further lotus and lotus petals around the base, the tall neck with pendent panels of archaistic masks and scrolling motifs below a gilded flanged rim, all reserved on a turquoise ground
21 5/8 in. (55 cm.) high
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
Lot Essay
compare a jar with decoration executed in the same style, part of the Uldry Collection of Chinese Cloisonne enamel, illustrated by Brinker and Lutz, fig. 228 in the catalogue