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Lot 313*

A GOLD EMBELLISHED RITUAL WINE VESSEL, JUE
Late Qing Dynasty

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

£15,000 - £18,000

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A GOLD EMBELLISHED RITUAL WINE VESSEL, JUE

Late Qing Dynasty
The vessel of deep ingot form set on three tapering blade legs, cast in relief with nine bats amongst scattered Shou roundels with three gem-set cabochons crowning each leg, an angular key-fret handle extending from one side, the feet cast with incised linear motifs. 11.7cm (4 5/8in) high; weight: 231g.

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清晚期 福壽紋嵌寶金爵盃

See a related gold jue vessel illustrated in a painting of the Qianlong Emperor with his family in Sui chao xing le tu, in Life in the Forbidden City of Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2007, no.364. Such gold ritual wine vessels were used in the Ming dynasty, see one example illustrated in Zhongguo meishu quanji, vol.10, Shenzhen, 1997, p.89, no.170. However, gold ritual vessels continued well into the Qing dynasty. See for example, a gold bowl with double-happiness characters, indicating that it was used for marriage ceremonies, Tongzhi, in the Palace Museum, Beijing (museum.no.234300). See also other gold utensils including a ewer as well as a cup and saucer, Qing dynasty, that would have been used in ceremonies and rituals, illustrated in Life in the Forbidden City of Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2007, p.178.

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