QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN GILT WITHIN SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

The combination of coral-red and gilt decoration is more commonly seen on porcelains from the Jiaqing and Daoguang period, Qianlong examples are very rare. Compare to a coral-enamelled chrysanthemum-shaped dish inscribed with an Imperial poem, bearing a very similar gilt four-character Qianlong mark, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 October 2002, lot 604. Compare also to a coral-ground gilt-decorated double-gourd vessel, dating to the Qianlong period, sold at Christie’s New York, 26 March 2003, lot 271.

For a Jiaqing box and cover with similar decoration from the Palace Museum Collection, see Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains and Tricoloured Porcelains, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Shanghai, 2009, no. 171.