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A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CHIME-SHAPED LANTERN FITTINGS
Qianlong

2 November 2021, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CHIME-SHAPED LANTERN FITTINGS

Qianlong
Each in the form of a musical chime, reticulated and exquisitely enamelled with archaistic scrolls and florets, with ruyi-shaped terminals, the top ruyi formed from a double-headed chilong, the heads joining a taiji symbol. Each 26cm (10 1/4in) wide. (2).

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清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯磬式燈飾一對

The musical stone or chime was one of the 'Eight Precious Things' or babao, including the pearl, lozenge, conch shell, coin, mirror, artemisia leaf and books/scrolls. The musical stone symbolised harmony, and thus perfection and justice.

See a wood and lacquer lantern in the form of a similarly-shaped musical chime, mid Qing dynasty, at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire (acc.no.NT 107453). See also a related cloisonné enamel lantern, Qianlong, but in the form of a ruyi-head, which was sold at Christie's New York, 19 September 2006, lot 100.

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