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Lot 345
A RARE CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE VASE, FANGGU Qianlong four-character mark and of the period
2 November 2023, 15:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £24,320 inc. premium
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A RARE CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE VASE, FANGGU
Qianlong four-character mark and of the period
Crisply cast of square section, the bulbous central section with archaistic taotie masks, the square flaring neck with stylised chilong beneath upright lappets, the interior with a band of scrolling lotus, the spreading foot with further chilong and lappets, with scrolling flanges on the edges and centre, gilt base with the incised four-character mark within double square, drilled, wood stand. 24cm (10in) high. (2).
Crisply cast of square section, the bulbous central section with archaistic taotie masks, the square flaring neck with stylised chilong beneath upright lappets, the interior with a band of scrolling lotus, the spreading foot with further chilong and lappets, with scrolling flanges on the edges and centre, gilt base with the incised four-character mark within double square, drilled, wood stand. 24cm (10in) high. (2).
Footnotes
清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯獸面紋出戟方觚
「乾隆年製」楷書款
Provenance: an English private collection
來源：英國私人收藏
The present lot is based on an archaic prototype, fanggu, or ritual wine vessel of the Shang dynasty. The Qianlong Emperor was known for his admiration of 'the ancient ways'. During his reign, not only a large number of antiquities were collected at Court, and many works of art, such as the present fanggu, were made with archaic references.
Compare with a related square cloisonné gu with animal-mask decoration, Qianlong mark and of the period, in the Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Enamel Ware in the Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, 1999, Taipei, p.127. See also a related square cloisonné gu with flanges and design of animal masks, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels, Cloisonné in the Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, p.183.
A related gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamel gu, Qianlong mark and of the period, was sold at Christie's Paris, 7 June 2011, lot 208. See also a similar cloisonné enamel gu, 17th century, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 29 May 2023, lot 849.
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