CAST QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK, POSSABLY LATER QING

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A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPLE-MOUTHED DOUBLE-GOURD VASES
Cast Qianlong four-character mark, possably later Qing
Each of three-lobed double-gourd shape, on a short trefoil foot with a constricted waist and three upright narrow spouts, decorated with ruyi heads below the mouth rims and mille fleurs, the waists with elaborate textile bands, two body chips
8¼ in. (21.5 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

Compare a pair of larger, single-mouthed vases with additional embossed roundels formerly in the I. and E. D. Vandekar Collection, illustrated by R.S. Jenyns and W.Watson in Chinese Art, The Minor Arts, Fribourg, 1963, now in the Uldry Collection, illustrated in Chinese Cloisonné: the Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, no. 298. The triple-mouth form is also seen in porcelain, compare a turquoise-ground vase in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, vol. 39, Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 133, no. 116.

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