23rd Mar, 2019 10:00 GMT/BST

Spring Fine Art Sale (Part II)

 
Lot 564
 

564

A Chinese Cloisonné Baluster Vase, Qing Dynasty, probably Qianlong, of baluster form with tall...

A Chinese Cloisonné Baluster Vase, Qing Dynasty, probably Qianlong, of baluster form with tall tapering neck and everted rim, worked in colours with flowering lilies within a pale blue "halo" on a green ground with Greek Key borders, 37cm high

The pale blue halo around the foliate decoration appears to be relatively unusual. However, for a double gourd vase partially decorated in a similar style in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York see Quette (Béatrice) Cloisonné, Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, pg.121 See illustration

Sold for £3,000
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000


 

Some scratching, surface wear and typical minor losses throughout. 200219

 


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Auction: Spring Fine Art Sale (Part II), 23rd Mar, 2019

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