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37 - CHINA, Ming style, 18th century A bronze and cloisonné ename…
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Estimate €2,500 - €3,000
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CHINA, Ming style, 18th century A bronze and cloisonné enamel ritual pot known as a "kundika". The globular body decorated with scrolls and lotus flowers between bands of petals, an angular spout and fitted with a removable lid, the long pinched faceted neck embellished with a ball decorated with petal motifs is surmounted by an ormolu element in the form of a flower bulb. The whole is presented on a dome-shaped base encircled by chased ormolu petals and foliage. The whole in polychrome red, green, blue, yellow and white on a turquoise-blue background of lotus flowers. A double Vajra incised under the base. A four-character Qianlong mark incised under the base in the margin of the double vajra. Height : 20,5 cm Width: 9.5 cm Depth: 7 cm Weight: 467 g Provenance : - Marcel Verdon collection, mentioned as having served in the French army and then in the French embassy, according to oral tradition. - Western France collection
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Auction time 06/24/2026 at 1:00 PM
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