A FAMILLE ROSE CANTON ENAMEL WINE EWER AND COVER

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A FAMILLE ROSE CANTON ENAMEL WINE EWER AND COVER
IRON-RED QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

Of compressed gourd shape with a tall arched loop-handle and enamelled with clusters of prunus blossoms on a deep blue cracked-ice-pattern ground, the cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a knop finial (restored)
6 3/4in. (17cm.) high

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A similarly decorated lobed teapot with handle is illustrated in Masterpieces of Chinese Enamel Ware in the National Palace Museum no.48. For a cup-stand with similar decoration, see Chinese Painted Enamels, Hermitage Museum, no.105

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