AN UNUSUAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL LOBED BOX AND COVER

QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INSCRIBED MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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AN UNUSUAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL LOBED BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INSCRIBED MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The box and cover divided into ten vertical lobes as well as horizontally lobed, each rounded section formed by the lobes filled with a small flower spray, those on the cover diminishing in size as they approach the gilt-copper petals surrounding the stem of the globular knop
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) across

Provenance

Stephen Junkunc, III.

Lot Essay

Compare the box and cover of similar form in doucai-decorated porcelain, with Qianlong mark, included in the Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-chêng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain from the Ch'ing Dynasty, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, p. 49, pl. 7 (right).

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