CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

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PAIRE DE LANTERNES EN EMAUX CLOISONNES
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
The rectangular frame of each lantern is decorated to the edges with keyfret borders. They are further decorated with a narrow band of gilt lotus lappets in relief to the top. Each frame sits above an openwork three-tiered balustrade raised on an elaborate support rising from a waisted square platform that forms the top of the cushion-form base. The base is decorated with stylised taotie-masks and supported on four ruyi-shaped feet; accidents to the glass panels.
18½ in. (47.2 cm.) high (2)

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A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL LANTERNS AND STANDS
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Lot Essay

Cloisonné enamel lanterns of this type, which are meant to sit on a table top, appear to be quite rare. In shape and design, the present pair is related to a zitan lantern with painted glass panels illustrated by Tian Jiaqing, Classic Furniture of the Qing Dynasty, London and Hong Kong, 1996, p. 252, no. 114, where a lampstand of similar design in cloisonné enamel in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, is mentioned. See, also, a pair of cloisonné enamel lanterns of similar form with comparable cushion-based jade sold in our New York rooms, 20 September 2005, lot 114.

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