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2. Pair of rare Chinese cloisonne holy water bottles
China
18th-19th c.
cloisonne enamel
23cms
Pair of rare Chinese cloisonne holy water bottles
Detail: close-up view

A pair of rare Chinese cloisonne holy water bottles decorated with formal lotus on blue grounds.

Made in iron-red decorated porcelain in the 18th century as gifts for visiting monks, these bottles are rarer in cloisonne enamel.

A pair was sold at Christie's New York, 18.9.2014, for $23,750.

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Detail: alternate view
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