A RARE PAIR OF 'IMPERIAL TRIBUTE' CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL AND HARDSTONE INLAID DOUBLE-GOURD WALL VASES QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD each finely cast and decorated in mirror image, the front of each slightly convex, conveying the rounded auspicious form of a double-gourd vase, the 'stand' supporting the vessel cleverly angled to enhance the illusion of depth, the surface a delicate meander of leafy vines in-filled with turquoise and dark blue enamels, suspending thirteen double-gourds; in agate, turquoise, coral, rose quartz, amber, aubergine-colored glass, jade, and lapis lazuli, set between bands of keyfret along the base and rim and raised on a waisted cabriole-leg stand, the reverse flat, and chased with an elegant leafing peony scroll against a stippled ground, a T-form aperture for hanging (2) Height 11 3/8 in., 29 cm
A RARE PAIR OF 'IMPERIAL TRIBUTE' CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL AND HARDSTONE INLAID DOUBLE-GOURD WALL VASES QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD each finely cast and decorated in mirror image, the front of each slightly convex, conveying the rounded auspicious form of a double-gourd vase, the 'stand' supporting the vessel cleverly angled to enhance the illusion of depth, the surface a delicate meander of leafy vines in-filled with turquoise and dark blue enamels, suspending thirteen double-gourds; in agate, turquoise, coral, rose quartz, amber, aubergine-colored glass, jade, and lapis lazuli, set between bands of keyfret along the base and rim and raised on a waisted cabriole-leg stand, the reverse flat, and chased with an elegant leafing peony scroll against a stippled ground, a T-form aperture for hanging (2) Height 11 3/8 in., 29 cm
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