A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL GU-FORM VASES, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL GU-FORM VASES
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each vase is supported on a splayed foot and decorated to the rounded sides with lotus scrolls in bright enamels on a turquoise ground. The tapering neck is flanked by two rings suspended from archaistic handles, and the mouth and foot rims are encircled by key-fret borders. The bases have Qianlong four-character marks within a double-square.
11 ¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high

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Pre-Lot Text
THE COLLECTION OF DRUE HEINZ (1915-2018)