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AN IRON-RED-ENAMELLED AND GILT-DECORATED DAJI WALL PLAQUE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The plaque is moulded on one side in the form of a double-gourd supported on an ornate wood-simulated stand, tied at the narrow waist with turquoise-enamelled drapery, all below a large gilded bat at the mouth rim, the upper body gilded with the character da within a medallion surrounded by five blue-enamelled bats against a gilded brocade and iron-red ground, the lower body similarly decorated with the character ji (enamels retouched)
13 3/4 in. (35 cm.) plaque, mounted on wood frame
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The plaque is moulded on one side in the form of a double-gourd supported on an ornate wood-simulated stand, tied at the narrow waist with turquoise-enamelled drapery, all below a large gilded bat at the mouth rim, the upper body gilded with the character da within a medallion surrounded by five blue-enamelled bats against a gilded brocade and iron-red ground, the lower body similarly decorated with the character ji (enamels retouched)
13 3/4 in. (35 cm.) plaque, mounted on wood frame