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The delictae paintaing and fine stippling effect of the sky in this example surely ranks it amongst the finest of enamel production, presumably from the Peking Imperial workshop
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A GUYUEXIAN STYLE BEIJING ENAMEL WINE CUP
QIANLONG FOUR CHARACTER MARK IN BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD
Well painted in delicte famille rose enamels with realistic renderings of pink and yellow roses, blue asters and narcissus growing from a painterly formation of rocks against a sky shading from white to a finely mottled pale blue, the interior of turquoise color, reduced and mounted with a barbed gilt-metal rim--1 5/8 in. (4.2cm.) diam.
QIANLONG FOUR CHARACTER MARK IN BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD
Well painted in delicte famille rose enamels with realistic renderings of pink and yellow roses, blue asters and narcissus growing from a painterly formation of rocks against a sky shading from white to a finely mottled pale blue, the interior of turquoise color, reduced and mounted with a barbed gilt-metal rim--1 5/8 in. (4.2cm.) diam.