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A RARE IMPERIAL BEIJING ENAMEL BOX AND COVER
BLUE-ENAMEL QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
The lobed box and cover is formed as a gourd painted with delicately shaded enamels highlighting the continuous composite flower scroll reserved on a rich yellow ground, the gilt finial is formed as a stem emerging from a barbed quatrefoil panel enclosing overlapping leaves, the interior enamelled turquoise, the base with the nianhao encircled by overlapping ruyi-heads (enamels retouched to rims)
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) wide, box
BLUE-ENAMEL QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
The lobed box and cover is formed as a gourd painted with delicately shaded enamels highlighting the continuous composite flower scroll reserved on a rich yellow ground, the gilt finial is formed as a stem emerging from a barbed quatrefoil panel enclosing overlapping leaves, the interior enamelled turquoise, the base with the nianhao encircled by overlapping ruyi-heads (enamels retouched to rims)
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) wide, box