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Auction archive: Lot number 1388

AN EXTREMELY RARE ENAMELLED AND EMBELLISHED GILT BRONZE RUYI SCEPTRE WITH REPEATING AND STRIKING WATCH, A ROYAL GIFT FROM THE PRINCE OF WALES TO EMPEROR QIANLONG

Auction 26.04.2004
26 Apr 2004
Estimate
HK$800,000 - HK$1,200,000
ca. US$102,602 - US$153,903
Price realised:
HK$2,639,750
ca. US$338,555
Auction archive: Lot number 1388

AN EXTREMELY RARE ENAMELLED AND EMBELLISHED GILT BRONZE RUYI SCEPTRE WITH REPEATING AND STRIKING WATCH, A ROYAL GIFT FROM THE PRINCE OF WALES TO EMPEROR QIANLONG

Auction 26.04.2004
26 Apr 2004
Estimate
HK$800,000 - HK$1,200,000
ca. US$102,602 - US$153,903
Price realised:
HK$2,639,750
ca. US$338,555
Beschreibung:

AN EXTREMELY RARE ENAMELLED AND EMBELLISHED GILT BRONZE RUYI SCEPTRE WITH REPEATING AND STRIKING WATCH, A ROYAL GIFT FROM THE PRINCE OF WALES TO EMPEROR QIANLONG Movement signed Windmills, London, circa 1750 The watch with gilt-finished movement, verge escapement, chain fusee, square-shaped pillars, pierced and engraved cock, striking on a bell, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, serpentine gilt hands, hinged glass and seed pearl-set bezel, hinged into the richly embellished lingzhi-shaped head of the sceptre, centered on a star, the beams inset with transparent glass beads against a sapphire blue baisse-taille enamelled ground and bordered with ruby-red beads, the arched handle inset with a mosaic of coloured glass and pearls, on the upper portion with flowers and ribboned auspicious emblems, the lower portion with a pair of dragonflies centered on a floral medallion, and on the central grip with a pair of red bats surrounding a later enamelled floral roundel, the reverse engraved with the Prince of Wales feathers, surrounded with floral scrolls and on the terminal with a cartouche bearing stylised western monograms, movement signed Watch 52 mm. diam.; overall length approximately 480 mm.

Auction archive: Lot number 1388
Auction:
Datum:
26 Apr 2004
Auction house:
Christie's
Hong Kong
Beschreibung:

AN EXTREMELY RARE ENAMELLED AND EMBELLISHED GILT BRONZE RUYI SCEPTRE WITH REPEATING AND STRIKING WATCH, A ROYAL GIFT FROM THE PRINCE OF WALES TO EMPEROR QIANLONG Movement signed Windmills, London, circa 1750 The watch with gilt-finished movement, verge escapement, chain fusee, square-shaped pillars, pierced and engraved cock, striking on a bell, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, serpentine gilt hands, hinged glass and seed pearl-set bezel, hinged into the richly embellished lingzhi-shaped head of the sceptre, centered on a star, the beams inset with transparent glass beads against a sapphire blue baisse-taille enamelled ground and bordered with ruby-red beads, the arched handle inset with a mosaic of coloured glass and pearls, on the upper portion with flowers and ribboned auspicious emblems, the lower portion with a pair of dragonflies centered on a floral medallion, and on the central grip with a pair of red bats surrounding a later enamelled floral roundel, the reverse engraved with the Prince of Wales feathers, surrounded with floral scrolls and on the terminal with a cartouche bearing stylised western monograms, movement signed Watch 52 mm. diam.; overall length approximately 480 mm.

Auction archive: Lot number 1388
Auction:
Datum:
26 Apr 2004
Auction house:
Christie's
Hong Kong
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