Juliette Hammer
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Lot 126
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE 'LOTUS' VASE Jingtai two-character mark, mid-Qing Dynasty
15 May 2025, 11:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £5,000
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Chen Xie
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Edward Luper
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Lazarus Halstead
Head of Chinese and Asian Art, London
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE 'LOTUS' VASE
Jingtai two-character mark, mid-Qing Dynasty
The finely enamelled baluster body of square section rising from a spreading foot to a waisted neck, brightly decorated with stylised lotuses issuing leafy vines and other flower heads on a vibrant turquoise ground, set with a pair of archaistic taotie mask loop handles, the base, shoulder and rim gilded.
14cm (5 1/2in) high.
The finely enamelled baluster body of square section rising from a spreading foot to a waisted neck, brightly decorated with stylised lotuses issuing leafy vines and other flower heads on a vibrant turquoise ground, set with a pair of archaistic taotie mask loop handles, the base, shoulder and rim gilded.
14cm (5 1/2in) high.
Footnotes
清中期 銅胎掐絲琺瑯勾蓮紋鋪首銜環耳瓶
「景泰」款
See a cloisonné enamel and gilt-bronze lotus vase of similar shape and decoration, bearing a similar two-character Jingtai mark but flanked by a pair of elephant-head handles, Mid-Qing, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamel 3, Hefei, 2011, p.180, pl.145.
Compare with a related cloisonné enamel and gilt-bronze lotus vase of similar size, Qianlong period, which was sold at Bonhams Paris, 13 June 2023, lot 32.