QIANLONG (1736-95)

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A GILT-BRONZE AND CHAMPLEVÉ-ENAMEL JARDINIÈRE
QIANLONG (1736-95)
The hexafoil bowl with a spreading waisted base, each lobed side inset with a turquoise-glazed porcelain panel inscribed and gilded with an Imperial poem and surrounded by foliate repoussè work on a stippled ground embellished with turquoise and prussian blue enamel, the rim incised with lotus panels on a diaper ground, the interior lined in copper
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

Compare the example sold in our New York Rooms, 18th September 2003, lot 156, which is fitted with red-glazed porcelain panels. Another unpublished example, also with red-glazed panels, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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