A RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL MOONFLASK

QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL MOONFLASK
QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
The flattened globular body is decorated with dense multi-coloured florets and wired scrolls on a black ground. The shoulder and near the base are encircled with lotus lappets. The cylindrical neck is encircled by stylised ruyi and florets against a blue ground interrupted by a central ridge; the floral designs repeated on the short oval foot. Two gilt handles cast in the form of ruyi sceptre span the neck and shoulder.
12 5/8 in. (32 cm.) high

Provenance

Sold at Sotheby's New York, 10-11 April 1986, lot 348

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Lot Essay

The decoration of multi-coloured florets with vines was typical of the mid-Qing period, as exemplified by a meiping example with the more common blue ground, in the Qing Court Collection and illustrated in Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 144.

For further rare examples of cloisonne enamels on a black ground, compare a Qianlong vase with garlic mouth and designs of plum blossom, illustrated in Zhongguo jinyin boli falangqi quanji, vol. 6, Zhongguo meishu fenlei quanji, Beijing, 2002, pl. 70.

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