A MAGNIFICENT AND RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND PAINTED SILK LANTERNS
18TH CENTURY
A MAGNIFICENT AND RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND PAINTED SILK LANTERNS 18TH CENTURY The detachable square top sections with canted corners and applied on each side with delicately painted silk panels, the openwork frame with a meandering lotus scroll and a fish on either side, all surmounted by a circular openwork section with further meandering lotus scrolls, the gently flaring stands with a swollen mid-section and supported on a base of crashing waves surrounded by openwork gilt-bronze borders, the gently splayed feet with large lotus blooms borne on leafy scrolls 21¼ in. (54 cm.) high (2)
A MAGNIFICENT AND RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND PAINTED SILK LANTERNS
18TH CENTURY
A MAGNIFICENT AND RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND PAINTED SILK LANTERNS 18TH CENTURY The detachable square top sections with canted corners and applied on each side with delicately painted silk panels, the openwork frame with a meandering lotus scroll and a fish on either side, all surmounted by a circular openwork section with further meandering lotus scrolls, the gently flaring stands with a swollen mid-section and supported on a base of crashing waves surrounded by openwork gilt-bronze borders, the gently splayed feet with large lotus blooms borne on leafy scrolls 21¼ in. (54 cm.) high (2)
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