A RARE AND LARGE CHINESE IMPERIAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE SQUARE STAND

A RARE AND LARGE CHINESE IMPERIAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE SQUARE STAND
YONGZHENG 1723-35

The sides decorated with red and blue taotie masks amongst pink and white lotus flowerheads and scrolling leaves on a black ground, detailed with yellow and white highlights, the top similarly decorated, with a central recessed circle enclosed by bands of turquoise, blue and green, 5kg, 22.5cm square x 11.8cm.

Provenance: the collection of Alfred Morrison (1821-97), Fonthill House, Wiltshire, Fonthill Heirlooms no.252 (label now lacking), and then John Granville Morrison (1906-96), 1st Baron Margadale of Islay and thence by direct descent to the present owner.

An almost identical stand from a French collection was sold together with the matching gui and cover at Christie's Hong Kong, 30th May 2006, lot 1288. See also The Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, vol.3, p.230, no.195 for another related stand of a similar size.

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來源：由Alfred Morrison（1821-97）收藏，英國威爾特郡放山居莊園，放山居家傳收藏編號252（標籤已失），隨後由John Granville Morrison（1906-96），第一代馬加代爾男爵繼承，之後由其後人繼承。