A LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL BALUSTER VASE
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The vase has twin gilt monster-head handles with loose rings. The body is decorated with an allover design of birds, insects and bats vaiously in flight or perched on branches of flowering peonies growing from behind rocks. The top of the neck is encircled with bats and the foliate rim is embellished with the eight Buddhist emblems, bajixiang.
30¾ in. (78 cm.) high
A LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL BALUSTER VASE
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The vase has twin gilt monster-head handles with loose rings. The body is decorated with an allover design of birds, insects and bats vaiously in flight or perched on branches of flowering peonies growing from behind rocks. The top of the neck is encircled with bats and the foliate rim is embellished with the eight Buddhist emblems, bajixiang.
30¾ in. (78 cm.) high
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