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Compare a blue-ground example painted with landscape panels illustrated in Chinese Painted Enamels of the 18th Century, New York, Chinese Porcelain Company, 23 October 1993, no. 23.
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QIANLONG (1736-95)
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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE CANTON ENAMEL HAND-WARMERS AND BRONZE COVERS
QIANLONG (1736-95)
Each of lobed quatrefoil form, the sides enamelled and gilt on each side with a front-facing writhing dragon pursuing a flaming pearl amongst clouds flanked by two similar dragons, on a yellow ground densely decorated with gourds and stylised flowering foliage, applied on the shoulder with a double gilt-bronze arched handle incised with floral motifs, the gilt-bronze flat covers each with five bats on an openwork leiwen ground, some restoration
6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) wide (2)
QIANLONG (1736-95)
Each of lobed quatrefoil form, the sides enamelled and gilt on each side with a front-facing writhing dragon pursuing a flaming pearl amongst clouds flanked by two similar dragons, on a yellow ground densely decorated with gourds and stylised flowering foliage, applied on the shoulder with a double gilt-bronze arched handle incised with floral motifs, the gilt-bronze flat covers each with five bats on an openwork leiwen ground, some restoration
6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) wide (2)
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