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A very rare pair of Imperial iron-red reading lamps, shudeng by Anonymous

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Last recorded sale at Bonhams, Hong Kong (28 Nov 2017)
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
Nov 28, 2017
BonhamsHong KongFINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART38
$****** - ******
A very rare pair of Imperial iron-red reading lamps, shudeng
Artwork Description
Category

other

Dimensions

15.4 cm (6.06 in)

Provenance

Maurice Marchant de Vernouillet (1829-1898), Second Secretary to the French Ambassador in Beijing, 1861-1862

Description

Each domed base rising from a stepped foot to a knopped shaft supporting a drip pan with an everted flaring rim, surmounted by a baluster-shaped stem rising to a smaller drip pan fitted with a metal pricket, the base and the lower drip pan brightly and similarly enamelled in iron-red with meandering lotus scrolls entwined with ruyi-heads alternating with shou characters, all divided by bats and composite floral scrolls, the underside enamelled turquoise with an iron-red seal mark, fitted box. (3).