An Unusual Painted Enamel Rectangular Jardiniere

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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An Unusual Painted Enamel Rectangular Jardiniere
Qianlong period (1736-1795)
Each gently flaring side finely painted with a differenet scene of birds and flowers within ornate borders separated by dragon roundels at the indented corners, all reserved on a ground of lavender diaper and black and gold foliate scroll on a pale blue ground, with famille rose decoration reserved on a yellow ground on the rim and four supports, the center of the base painted in blue with a rectangular dragon-scroll motif
11¼in. (28.6cm.) long

Lot Essay

Compare the large painted enamel flower pot of flaring circular form, also painted with large panels of birds and flowering branches and dated to the Qianlong period included in the exhibition, Chinese Painted Enamels from Private and Museum Collections, China Institute in America, New York, 23 October 1969 - 1 February 1970, no. 27.

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