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Qianlong
The beast expertly modelled and enamelled in a rich lapis blue with flame-like and coiled patterns to simulate fur, with details of the tail, flame-wrapped paws and bell hung at the neck, picked out in gilt bronze, all raised on a stand with lappet and lotus details worked in blue and turquoise champlevé enamel and gilt.
25cm (9 1/2in) high overall. (2).
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Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺琅鎏金佛獅
Lions are well-regarded as powerful symbols of strength, and in Imperial contexts pairs of lions were often placed at entrances, drawing on their protective associations.
For a pair of related cloisonné enamel lions, mid Qing, without stands, 40cm high, in the Qing Court Collection, see the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 4, Cloisonné in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Beijing, 2011, pl.80. See also a larger cloisonné enamel lion, Kangxi, illustrated in J.Getz, , New York, 1912, p.41, no.66.
A larger cloisonné enamel lion-form censer, Qianlong, 41.7cm high, was sold by Christie's London, 15th May 2007, lot 132. A cloisonné enamel elephant raised on a champlevé stand, Qianlong, was sold by Bonhams Hong Kong, 27th May 2021, lot 80.