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Lot Essay
Examples of conjoined vases can be found in various materials such as ceramics, cloisonne enamel and jade among others. Compare to a larger and very similarly decorated embelished twin vase, dated Qianlong period, sold in Christie's Hong Kong, 29 November 2005, lot 1594. Another one can been seen in the collection of the Metropolitan museum, gifted by Edward G. Kennedy in 1929(accession number:29.110.72).
For other examples, see the twin-vase decorated with a tied-brocade design, from the Qing Court collection, Beijing, illustrated in Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 98, and in H. Brinker and A. Lutz, Chinese Cloisonne: The Pierre Uldry Collection, Zurich, 1985, pl. 243.
For other examples, see the twin-vase decorated with a tied-brocade design, from the Qing Court collection, Beijing, illustrated in Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 98, and in H. Brinker and A. Lutz, Chinese Cloisonne: The Pierre Uldry Collection, Zurich, 1985, pl. 243.