A PAINTED ENAMEL YELLOW-GROUND CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER

QIANLONG/JIAQING PERIOD, LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAINTED ENAMEL YELLOW-GROUND CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG/JIAQING PERIOD, LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The cover with a raised center painted with a central shuang xi (double happiness) medallion surrounded by composite foliate scroll repeated on the canted shoulder and sides of the box, all reserved on a pale yellow ground, with turquoise interior
4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Andrew L. and Amanda Adams Love Collection, New York.

Lot Essay

Compare the Jiaqing reign-marked dish included in the exhibition Chinese Painted Enamels in the 18th Century, The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 23 October - 6 November 1993, no. 13, which is painted with similar foliate decoration, as well as the bajixiang, surrounding a central shou medallion painted in the same red and blue of the shuang xi medallion on the present box.

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