A RARE PAIR OF SMALL FAMILLE ROSE TURQUOISE-GROUND JARS AND COVERS

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A RARE PAIR OF SMALL FAMILLE ROSE TURQUOISE-GROUND JARS AND COVERS
INCISED AND GILT QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Each ovoid jar is finely enamelled with bright colours outlined in gilt against a turquoise ground, in the style of cloisonné enamelled wares, with an elaborate design of two exotic lotus blooms supporting the sanduo, peach, pomegranate and finger citrus, amidst a multitude of curling tendrils and smaller flowers, between bands of ruyi-heads at the shoulder and lappet panels encircling the base, the neck with a frieze of floral sprays, each cover with a similar pattern of scrolling lotus and surmounted by a gilt knopped finial
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) high, box (2)

Lot Essay

This pair of miniature vases belongs to a group of pieces decorated in imitation of cloisonné enamel. Characteristics of the enamelled metalware such as: the gilt-wire outlines, the ubiquitous turquoise ground and the dense stylised scrolling decoration, are transferred with great exactitude onto porcelain.

Compare other larger famille rose vases simulating cloisonné enamel, one from the Robert Chang Collection, sold in these Rooms, 2 November 1999, lot 505; and another in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in The Complete Treasures of the Palace Museum-Porcelains with Cloisonne Enamel Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 119.

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