PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'DRAGON' GARLIC-HEAD VASES
LATE QING DYNASTY-REPUBLIC PERIOD, 19TH-20TH CENTURY
£1,638
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
清末民初 ‘老天利製’刻款 銅胎掐絲琺瑯雙龍趕珠紋蒜頭瓶 含木座(一對)
each decorated on the rounded body with a pair of dragons chasing flaming pearls against clouds, the shoulders and waisted neck similarly decorated with lotus flower heads borne on tendrils, with bands of ruyi, plantain leaves, lappets, and coins, the base incised with a four-character workshop mark 'Lao Tian Li Zhi (Made by Laotianli)', on wooden stands (2)
Dimensions
30.6cm high each; 2177g & 2130g
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, East Lothian; inherited from grandparents who were in Shanghai in the 1920s.
蘇格蘭私人收藏,東洛錫安郡;現任藏家祖輩1920年代於上海入藏,後家族遞藏。