A RARE PAIR OF LARGE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE VASES

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A RARE PAIR OF LARGE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE VASES
INCISED QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD

Of gu shape, the central globular section dividing two smaller compressed sections between the spreading domed foot and trumpet neck, decorated throughout with stylised lotus and meandering foliage on a turquoise ground, bordered by deep-blue and red-edged ruyi lappets, the necks with ornate gilt-bronze dragon handles, the mouth interior with a further band of cloisonne enamel (pitting and minor losses)
24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

For a large candlestick of similar height, proportions and identically decorated, see Brinker and Lutz, Chinese Cloisonne, The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, no. 250. See also the photograph in ibid., p. 30, fig. 6, showing another cloisonne vase with similar ornate handles among the cloisonne furnishings of the Musee Chinois installed in the Palace of Fontainebleau in 1863 by Napoleon III, formerly in the Yuanmingyuan. Another photograph ibid., p. 53, fig. 29, shows a cloisonne altar garniture similarly decorated with stylised lotus and gilt-bronze handles, from the Dangzhe Temple near Beijing.

(US$25,000-40,000)

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