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A PAIR OF CHINESE IMPERIAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL DUCK AND TORTOISE PRICKET CANDLESTICKS
£8,000 - £12,000
A PAIR OF CHINESE IMPERIAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL DUCK AND TORTOISE PRICKET CANDLESTICKS
QIANLONG/JIAQING
Each modelled as a duck, its wings outstretched and its beak open to reveal a ball, standing on the shell of a turtle, which in turn rests on two large snakes, the shallow dish beneath depicting rocks emerging from waves, the exterior with a band of lappets, all raised on three ruyi feet, 18.6cm. (2)
From an English private collection.
Cf. Classics of the Forbidden City, Enamels in the Collection of the Palace Museum, p.199, no.183, where a single similar example is illustrated.
清乾隆/嘉慶 銅胎掐絲琺瑯海晏河清燭臺 一對
來源：英國私人收藏