A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL LANTERNS
A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL LANTERNS

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A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL LANTERNS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

Each of square-section and rectangular form, the main body comprising four panels bordered by a key-fret band in cloisonne enamel, the rounded stepped shoulder with a band of openwork ruyi-heads picked out in blue enamel, before a reticulated flared crown of stylised scrolls within lappets below a gilt-metal key-fret band, raised on a similarly decorated waisted foot supported by a band of ruyi-heads, both mounted with opaque glass as lamps
15 3/16 in. (38.5 cm.) high (2)

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