AN UNUSUAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL KNIFE AND SCABBARD | Christie's

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Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art

Hong Kong

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2 November 1999

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Lot 738

AN UNUSUAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL KNIFE AND SCABBARD

Price realised

HKD 40,250

Estimate

HKD 40,000 - HKD 60,000

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AN UNUSUAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL KNIFE AND SCABBARD
18TH CENTURY

Finely decorated with Indian lotus and peonies within panels reserved on an archaistic diaper blue ground
11 1/2 in. (29 cm.) long
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