A RARE PAIR OF JADE INSET CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL WALL-VASES

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A RARE PAIR OF JADE INSET CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL WALL-VASES
QIANLONG

Of meiping form, mounted on the centre of each with a spinach-green jade plaque incised and gilt with a poem, the sides decorated with ruyi-heads and lotus scrolls, the neck with upright pendant blades, the base with descending lotus lappets, the back with an aperture pierced for hanging, set on wood stands
7 1/2 in. (19.2 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. pairs of wall vases in the Emperor Qianlong's study, the Sanxitang, inscribed with poems in similar style, The Forbidden City, pl. 108.

(US$8,000-10,000)

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