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    Sale 9048

    ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS

    London, South Kensington

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    22 March 2001

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    Lot 180

    A pair of Chinese cloisonne baluster vases
    19th Century

    Price realised

    GBP 646

    Estimate

    GBP 400 - GBP 600

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    A pair of Chinese cloisonne baluster vases
    19th Century
    decorated in coloured enamels with taotie mask panels, scrolling lotus, bats and shou characters on a blue ground -- 10¼in. (26.1cm) high; a Japanese hexagonal cloisonne vase with flaring neck decorated with ho-o, mythical birds and animals in lappets and shaped panels among scrolling foliage and geometric motifs -- 18in. (45.5cm.) high; a Japanese cloisonne charger decorated with a central coiled dragon among semi-roundels and lappets decorated with flowerheads and mythical beasts -- 14in. (35.5cm.) diam; and a Japanese tapering cloisonne vase with everted neck decorated with ho-o and foliate designs in shaped panels -- 9½in. (24.1cm.) high. (5)

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