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28 mai 2009

A rare white jade 'peach' snuff bottle. Beijing Palace Workshops, Qianlong

A rare white jade 'peach' snuff bottle. Beijing Palace Workshops, Qianlong Of compressed globular form, the fine white jade stone skilfully worked and hollowed in the shape of a peach with meandering leaf branch, rising to a cylindrical neck and tapering...

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Tags: Qianlong, white jade, snuff bottle, Beijing Palace Workshops, 'peach'

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22 mai 2009

A very rare pair of cloisonné enamel peach-shaped wall vases. Qianlong

A very rare pair of cloisonné enamel peach-shaped wall vases. Qianlong Each realistically shaped as a peach with a flat back, decorated with leafy and blossoming branches superimposed with poems, one written in lishu script the other in archaic script,...

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Tags: Qianlong, cloisonné enamel, wall vases, peach-shaped vase

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21 mai 2009

A white jade 'double-gourd' shallow brushwasher. Qianlong

A white jade 'double-gourd' shallow brushwasher. Qianlong Finely carved as a double gourd with an irregular shaped inward-turning rim, emanating from a gnarled stem with large leaves curled at the edges and four smaller double-gourds flanking the vessel...

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Tags: Qianlong, white jade, 'double-gourd', brushwasher

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20 mai 2009

A rare yellow hardstone pear-shaped vase, Qianlong

A rare yellow hardstone pear-shaped vase, Qianlong The flattened pear-shaped vase rising to the galleried rim carved with a key-fret border, flanked by a pair of elephant-loop handles, raised on a splayed foot, finely carved with the 'Three Friends of...

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Tags: Qianlong, pear-shaped vase, yellow hardstone

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20 mai 2009

A fine yellow hardstone carving of a lion and cub. Qianlong

A fine yellow hardstone carving of a lion and cub. Qianlong Carved with a recumbent lion playfully engaged with a cub, the details well carved conveying the bulging eyes and pronounced nose, the thick tail with finely incised lines, the stone of honey-amber...

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Tags: Qianlong, 'lion of Buddha', cub, yellow hardstone

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20 mai 2009

A pair of rare famille rose candlesticks, Qianlong

A pair of rare famille rose candlesticks, Qianlong Each of European silver form, the octagonal base rising to a knopped stem, painted in iron-red, gilt and colours of the famille rose palette, finely painted with hibiscus, peony and chrysanthemum sprays,...

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20 mai 2009

A famille rose 'tobacco-leaf' oval tureen and cover, Qianlong

A famille rose 'tobacco-leaf' oval tureen and cover, Qianlong The shaped tureen and cover with undulating rims, flanked on either side by lotus bud handles, the cover surmounted by fruit finial with leafy stem, all vibrantly and characteristically painted...

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Tags: famille rose, Qianlong, tureen and cover, 'tobacco-leaf'

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20 mai 2009

Six grisaille and gilt 'European-subject' plates, Qianlong

Six grisaille and gilt 'European-subject' plates, Qianlong Each dish finely painted en grisaille with details heightened in gilt, the rims with a Viennese (Du Pacquier-style) border enclosing a central depiction of a scene from the life of Christ, two...

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Tags: Qianlong, plate, grisaille and gilt, 'European-subject'

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20 mai 2009

A rare grisaille and gilt 'European subject' punch bowl. Mid Qianlong

A rare grisaille and gilt 'European subject' punch bowl. Mid Qianlong Finely painted on both sides with a shaped cartouche enclosing a knight slaying a horse and its rider on a beach, with a fort, ships and observant figures in the background, with smaller...

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Tags: Qianlong, punch bowl, 'European subject', grisaille and gilt

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5 mars 2009

An extremely rare pair of famille rose candlesticks. Qianlong

An extremely rare pair of famille rose candlesticks. Qianlong Modelled after the style of a George II original; decorated in orange, gilt, red and green enamel with a floral design on the hexafoil and shell shaped base. 21cm (8¼in) high. (2). Estimate:...

Posté par Alain Truong à 22:57 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: famille rose, Qianlong, candlestick

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