A Large Cloisonné Enameled and Gilt Bronze-Inlaid Double-Gourd Vase, 18th/19th Century

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A Large Cloisonné Enameled and Gilt Bronze-Inlaid Double-Gourd Vase, 18th/19th Century

清 乾隆/嘉庆 官造鎏金铜胎掐丝珐琅'福禄'大瓶

The vase inlaid with numerous large relief-cast gilt-bronze gourds depicting Buddhist emblems and other various auspicious objects, animals, and flowers, all against a cloisonné enamel ground of leafy vines; together with a gilt and black lacquered lotus-form pedestal; with stand height 40.2 in (102 cm)
gourd height 35 in — 88.9 cm


June 09, 2022

Estimate $4,000-$6,000

Realised: $348,000

Compare with examples at Christie’s Hong Kong, November 28, 2005, lot 1594; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 29.110.72
类似工艺请参考香港佳士得2005年11月28日,拍品编号2005
以及纽约大都会博物馆,藏品编号29.110.72

For further information on the history of cloisonné in China, please see our blog “The Art of Cloisonné”.

Christie’s Hong Kong, November 28, 2005, lot 1594
Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 29.110.72
“The Art of Cloisonné”, Waddington’s
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