Lot Essay
(US$24,000-28,000)
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A MASSIVE CLOISONNE BASIN ENAMEL AND A COVER
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The squat bulbous body rising to a bronze lipped rim, enamelled on the exterior with scenes of birds on branches, quails in landscape, cranes in a lotus pond, within medallions against a ground of floral blossoms and scrolling vine, the domed cover similarly decorated (cover a later replacement)
21 in. (50.8 cm.) high
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The squat bulbous body rising to a bronze lipped rim, enamelled on the exterior with scenes of birds on branches, quails in landscape, cranes in a lotus pond, within medallions against a ground of floral blossoms and scrolling vine, the domed cover similarly decorated (cover a later replacement)
21 in. (50.8 cm.) high