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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A PAIR OF CLOISONNE AND CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL AND GLASS LANTERNS
18TH CENTURY
Details
A PAIR OF CLOISONNE AND CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL AND GLASS LANTERNS
18TH CENTURY
Each side of the rectangular lanterns inset with a glass panel painted with shou characters within a lotus scroll and fret border, with one side hinged as a door, with blue key-fret borders below openwork bands of foliate scroll that surround the square top, all above a recessed support with openwork lotus scroll sides centering a square platform with openwork balustrade raised on a gu-form support rising from crashing waves on another square platform that forms the top of the cushion-form base
19 5/8 in. (49.8 cm.) high (2)
18TH CENTURY
Each side of the rectangular lanterns inset with a glass panel painted with shou characters within a lotus scroll and fret border, with one side hinged as a door, with blue key-fret borders below openwork bands of foliate scroll that surround the square top, all above a recessed support with openwork lotus scroll sides centering a square platform with openwork balustrade raised on a gu-form support rising from crashing waves on another square platform that forms the top of the cushion-form base
19 5/8 in. (49.8 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
In a New York collection by the 1920s.
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