18TH CENTURY

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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL WALL-VASE
18TH CENTURY
In the form of a gu vase above an integral stand, enamelled in various colours with a central taotie masks below archaistic stiff-leaves and phoenix on the flaring neck
8¾ in. (22.3 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

For a similar wall vase in the Pierre Uldry Collection see, Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz, Chinesisches Cloisonne Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Museum Rietberg, Zürich, 1985, no. 223
Compare also another archaistic wall vase sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 30 May 2006, lot 1274

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