AN IMPERIAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL BARREL-SHAPED JAR

INCISED QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

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AN IMPERIAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL BARREL-SHAPED JAR
incised qianlong six-character mark and of the period
Applied with two lion-head handles suspending loose rings and decorated around the body with a lotus meander enclosing two large lotus blooms between moulded gilt lotus-scroll bands at the rim and foot, the base similarly decorated
3¾in. (9.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

The full inscription incised within the rectangular space at the base of the jar reads: Da Qing Qianlong Nian zhi, Jian Fu Gong di er fen. The former part being the date, the latter half states that it was made for the Palace of Cultivating Happiness, the second set, or section, probably to indicate its position in the garniture for that palace.

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