A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL ALTAR ORNAMENTS
Lot 527

A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL ALTAR ORNAMENTS

QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Closed23 October 2022

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USD 37,800

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A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL ALTAR ORNAMENTS
QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each ornament is centered with an enameled lotus blossom issuing a green seed pod, one supporting a bundle of gilt scrolls and the other a seated guardian figure, both below a flaming aureole supported by a gilt-bronze stem flanked by dragons on a tiered circular base.
15 1/2 in. (39.3 cm.) high

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Hong Kong, 29 October 1995, lot 626.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.