Lot 1947
1947
THE PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN LADY
A MASSIVE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER

Details
A MASSIVE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

The cover finely decorated with pairs of deer and cranes in a landscape, under the shade of a large fruiting peach tree, augmenting an imagery of longevity, encircled within a gilt-metal medallion, the rounded sides with four quatrefoil panels each framing one of the flowers of the four seasons, chrysanthemum, peony, prunus and lotus, the panels are divided by gilt-metal repousse dragons and champleve clouds in openwork, the box similarly decorated, the interiors of the base and cover with further formal medallions reserved on a cracked ice-ground with scattered flower-heads and leaves
15 3/4 in. (40 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Previously sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 26 April 1998, lot 559

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Lot Essay

A closely related box and cover was sold at Christie's London, 17 June 1985, lot 414. Compare also a pair of cloisonné vases with similar dragons in openwork panels in the Clague collection, illustrated by C. Brown, Chinese Cloisonné, Phoenix Art Museum, 1980, pl. 58.

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