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A LARGE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT BRONZE BALUSTER VASE
18TH CENTURY
The broad trumpet-shaped neck decorated with stylized plantain leaves divided by flowers below a network of strung beads suspending tassels flanked with elegant gilt pheonix handles below the flared rim, the shoulders set with eight gilt-bronze taotie masks suspending loose-rings, the body with large chrysanthemums and small flowers springing up from behind ornamental rockwork reserved on a leiwen ground, supported on a flared foot with flowers within formal borders (minor losses and repairs)--29 1/4in. (74cm.)high
18TH CENTURY
The broad trumpet-shaped neck decorated with stylized plantain leaves divided by flowers below a network of strung beads suspending tassels flanked with elegant gilt pheonix handles below the flared rim, the shoulders set with eight gilt-bronze taotie masks suspending loose-rings, the body with large chrysanthemums and small flowers springing up from behind ornamental rockwork reserved on a leiwen ground, supported on a flared foot with flowers within formal borders (minor losses and repairs)--29 1/4in. (74cm.)high