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A RARE PAIR OF CLOISONNE AND COPPER-ENAMELLED ALTAR ORNAMENTS
18TH CENTURY
Each finely worked with an enamelled central lotus bloom, the leaves open to reveal a large green pod one supporting a tied gilt bronze group of scrolls decorated with an elaborate brocade set with garnets, the other a guardian Immortal wearing elaborate robes and a celestial scarf, each encircled by a lotus petal-formed aureole with a flame border, the blooms above a gilt-bronze stem flanked by a pair of cloisonne enamel dragons standing on tiered circular base (losses)
15 1/4in. (39cm.) high (2)
18TH CENTURY
Each finely worked with an enamelled central lotus bloom, the leaves open to reveal a large green pod one supporting a tied gilt bronze group of scrolls decorated with an elaborate brocade set with garnets, the other a guardian Immortal wearing elaborate robes and a celestial scarf, each encircled by a lotus petal-formed aureole with a flame border, the blooms above a gilt-bronze stem flanked by a pair of cloisonne enamel dragons standing on tiered circular base (losses)
15 1/4in. (39cm.) high (2)