A RARE FAMILLE ROSE TURQUOISE-GROUND LOZENGE-FORM BOX AND COVER

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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE TURQUOISE-GROUND LOZENGE-FORM BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG IRON-RED SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Modelled in the form of a paired musical chimes, finely enamelled in pink, iron-red, yellow, blue and green within gilt outlines on a turquoise-ground in imitation of cloisonne enamel, the cover of conforming shape, decorated with a central flowerhead surrounded by foliate scrolls and bordered by stylised key-pattern bands, the straight sides decorated with lotus scrolls entwined with bats, the interior and base enamelled with turquoise
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) across, box

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A box of this form also bearing an iron-red reign mark was included in the exhibition, Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain, 1986, National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 126.

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