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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
26-Feb-2007
Lot No.
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Description:
A rare pair of cloisonne double-gourd vases, Kangxi, circa 1670, each one decorated with Buddhist lions playing with brocade balls, in coloured enamels on a blue background, each base with a four character Jingtai mark surrounded by a prunus scroll. Height 33 cm. Literature: see: Chinese cloisonne: the Pierre Uldry collection, the Asia Society Galleries New York, 1985, No. 192, page 191, (full page illustration p.192), for a pair of vases from the same group but with floral decoration, dated 1670
Estimate:
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Price:
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Category:
Oriental: Cloisonne