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A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF BEIJING ENAMEL AND CLOISONNE BOXES AND COVERS INCISED MARKS AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG THIS IS A PREMIUM LOT. CLIENTS WHO WISH TO BID ON PREMIUM LOTS MAY BE REQUESTED BY SOTHEBY'S TO COMPLETE THE PRE-REGISTRATION APPLICATION FORM AND TO DELIVER TO SOTHEBY'S A DEPOSIT OF HK$2,500,000, OR SUCH OTHER HIGHER AMOUNT AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY SOTHEBY'S, AND ANY FINANCIAL REFERENCES, GUARANTEES AND/OR SUCH OTHER SECURITY AS SOTHEBY'S MAY REQUIRE IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION AS SECURITY FOR THE BID. THE BIDnow ONLINE BIDDING SERVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR PREMIUM LOTS. each of low square form with indented corners, each cover delicately enamelled with European figures, one cover painted with two ladies sharing an orange at a pink-curtained window, the lady informally dressed in a gathered white frock with blue bodice looking back to the lady in pink holding two halves of an orange, the other cover similarly detailed with a lady in yellow tunic with blue sash, pushing aside a purple curtain to peer out of a window, with a young boy at her side grasping an orange pumpkin, the vignettes encircled by a multicolour meander with mixed flowers including morning glory, peony and narcissus, all borne on leafy foliage on a soft brown ground, the narrow sides of each box with a cloisonné floral border, the underside incised with a four-character reign mark within double squares 8 cm., 3 1/8 in.