QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON-RED WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD
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A Painted Enamel Oval Box and Cover
Qianlong Four-Character Mark in Iron-Red within a Double Square and of the Period
The slightly domed cover painted with ribbon-tied crossed hunting horns and a harp surrounded by scattered flower sprigs and branches of fruit, all in famille-rose on a turquoise ground within a gilt-metal rocaille border, with further foliate scroll bands on an azure ground on the sides
2.13/16in. (7.2cm.) long
Lot Essay
A related enamel box employing similar techniques, was included in the exhibition, Oriental Works of Art, The Oriental Art Gallery Limited, London, June 1995, no. 112.
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