Lot Essay
See a similar pair in the Pierre Uldry Collection illustrated in Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz, Chinesisches Cloisonné, Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry Museum Rietberg, Zurich, 1985, no. 217.
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18TH CENTURY, ONE SECTION WITH A QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
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A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SEDAN-CHAIR FITTINGS AND TWO CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SECTIONS
18TH CENTURY, ONE SECTION WITH A QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Each fitting is of hollow cylindrical form decorated with dense cloud scrolls reserved on a turquoise ground. The hexagonal stands are decorated with bands of lappets and ruyi below panels containing florets. The rims are gilt.
The sedan-chair fittings 9? in. (24.5 cm.) long
The stands 8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) max. wide
18TH CENTURY, ONE SECTION WITH A QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Each fitting is of hollow cylindrical form decorated with dense cloud scrolls reserved on a turquoise ground. The hexagonal stands are decorated with bands of lappets and ruyi below panels containing florets. The rims are gilt.
The sedan-chair fittings 9? in. (24.5 cm.) long
The stands 8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) max. wide