747 - CHINA

CHINA Title: Pair of bronze baluster-shaped cloisonné vases with peach and cherry blossom motifs. Date: Qing Dynasty. Presumably 19th c. Material: Coloured enamel on bronze. The edges and mouldings are gilded. Measurement: Height each 28 cm. Description: A baluster-shaped cloisonné vase with a stocky, strongly bulbous body and a long, tapered neck that widens into a trumpet shape. The decoration is in polychrome enamel on a predominantly turquoise-blue ground. On the shoulder is a broad panel with a dark ground, featuring a meander pattern interspersed with flowering and fruiting branches. The body is decorated with finely executed flowering branches, in particular plum and cherry blossoms, against a densely ornamented background. The neck features stylised lotus blossoms and tendrils; the individual sections are separated from one another by gilded metal bars and bands. Provenance: - German private collection Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Inland: 30.25 Euro plus 5.75 Euro VAT EU: 46.22 Euro plus 8.78 Euro VAT Third country: 92.44 Euro plus 17.56 Euro VAT additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: max. 41.65 Euro over a total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: 1.8 o/oo USA by individual arrangement after the auction. #China #Asian Art - Chinese Applied Arts.