Lot 594
  • 594

A PAIR OF CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL ALTAR ORNAMENTS QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • champleve
each with a flaming mandorla applied on either side with relief decoration, one with a horse supporting a vase of precious objects on its back, the other with a seated queen, all atop a lotus pod raised on three champléve foliate scrolls, issuing from a beribboned double-gourd vase decorated with the characters da and ji, the lobed base divided in the middle by an openwork panel of conforming shape (2)

Provenance

Sotheby's New York, 30th March 2006, lot 183.