A millefleur cloisonné-enamelled and gilt-bronze snuff bottle and snuff dish Qing dynasty
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A cloisonné-enamelled and gilt-bronze 'millefleurs' snuff bottle and snuff dish
Qing dynasty
The body of slightly compressed globular form with a gilded flat lip and a protruding flat footrim above a band of archaistic lappets, the exterior decorated with a continuous design of 'millefleurs' beneath a band of ruyi at the neck, all against a rich turquoise ground; together with a similarly decorated snuff dish.
6.1cm high (the dish 4.8cm diam).
Sold for HK$ 68,750 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • 清 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝花卉鼻煙壺及煙碟

    壺扁瓶形,平肩,直口,圈足。壺身通體以掐絲技法製纏枝花卉紋,以松石綠色為地色,再填以紅、黃、藍、綠、紫、白色琺瑯釉。壺肩部掐絲製如意雲頭紋一周並填以藍色琺瑯釉。近足處飾一周細長形蕉葉紋,壺蓋紋飾與壺身相對應,壺口、蓋邊緣及圈足均素面鎏金。壺底施藍釉。煙碟圓形,圈足。碟面及別面均以掐絲技法製纏枝牡丹花卉紋,並沿口沿處製如意雲頭紋一周,以松石為地色,紋飾內再填以紅、黃、藍、綠、白色琺瑯釉裝飾。圈足內施藍色琺瑯釉。

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