Lot Essay
A smaller bowl with a similar mark from the Krolik Collection, is illustrated by Edgar Bluett, Oriental Art, Winter 1965, p. 221
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A FINE AND RARE MASSIVE CLOISONNE ENAMEL ALMS BOWL
ENAMELLED QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Decorated around the bulbous body with the eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, on a ground of scrolling flowers and leaves, between a petal band around the rim and a spiral of swirling waves around the base surrounding the mark--30 3/8in. (77cm.) diam
ENAMELLED QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Decorated around the bulbous body with the eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, on a ground of scrolling flowers and leaves, between a petal band around the rim and a spiral of swirling waves around the base surrounding the mark--30 3/8in. (77cm.) diam