A CANTON ENAMEL HAND WARMER

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A CANTON ENAMEL HAND WARMER
QIANLONG

Finely enamelled on two faces with panels enclosing landscape scenes, with further panels to the ends with birds and flowers, the pierced cover with a central shou character encircled with the wufu and clouds, the interior enamelled turquoise and fitted with a deep metal tray to hold ambers (handle replaced, break to cover repaired)
5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Compare with another enamel hand warmer included in the exhibition Tributes from Guangdong to the Qing Court, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1987, Catalogue, no. 47.

(US$6,000-8,000)

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