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Cf. Chinese Cloisonné, Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz, fig.322, 322a and 322b for a large fish basin in the Pierre Uldry Collection from the same period and similarly decorated around the exterior
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A LARGE PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE 'HUNDRED DEER' BALUSTER VASES
18TH CENTURY
Each decorated with an allover design of deer variously grazing, resting and leaping around in a rocky landscape below cranes, some in flight amongst cloud-scrolls, others perched on pine and prunus branches, the flaring neck applied with gilt-bronze chilong handles inset with turquoise and red enamel dots (some restoration)--29¼in. (74.5cm.) high (2)
18TH CENTURY
Each decorated with an allover design of deer variously grazing, resting and leaping around in a rocky landscape below cranes, some in flight amongst cloud-scrolls, others perched on pine and prunus branches, the flaring neck applied with gilt-bronze chilong handles inset with turquoise and red enamel dots (some restoration)--29¼in. (74.5cm.) high (2)