A PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL WALL PANELS

SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL WALL PANELS
SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
Of shaped rectangular form, each finely decorated with auspicious items symbolizing long life, happiness and prosperity arranged in still lifes, including peony-filled cloisonné vases, fruit-filled bowls, various scholars' objects and cloisonné and painted enamel jardinières containing miniature landscapes, one with a lizard on a peony stem, the other with a snake slithering through a pierced blue rock, all reserved on a fretwork ground
25 x 37½ in. (63.5 x 95.2 cm) with frame (2)

Lot Essay

For several cloisonné enamel panels similarly depicting 'antiques', including cloisonné enamel vessels and auspicious objects arranged in still lifes, see H. Brinker and A. Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, The Asia Society Galleries, New York, 1989, nos. 307 - 10.

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