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18TH CENTURY
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A cloisonne enamel vase facetted gu-form vase
18th Century
Of square, tapered form, the waist decorated on each facet with an archaistic taotie mask, each side of the flared neck and foot with a continuous pattern of archaistic, stylised leaf-shaped lappets interspersed with lotus blossoms and leafy tendrils, all between key-fret borders on the protruding flanges and at the gilt mouth and foot rims, with lotus sprays on the interior of the mouth, aperture to the base
34.5 cm. high, wood base
18th Century
Of square, tapered form, the waist decorated on each facet with an archaistic taotie mask, each side of the flared neck and foot with a continuous pattern of archaistic, stylised leaf-shaped lappets interspersed with lotus blossoms and leafy tendrils, all between key-fret borders on the protruding flanges and at the gilt mouth and foot rims, with lotus sprays on the interior of the mouth, aperture to the base
34.5 cm. high, wood base
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