AN UNUSUAL SMALL IMPERIAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL LOBED BASIN
AN UNUSUAL SMALL IMPERIAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL LOBED BASIN
AN UNUSUAL SMALL IMPERIAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL LOBED BASIN
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AN UNUSUAL SMALL IMPERIAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL LOBED BASIN

QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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AN UNUSUAL SMALL IMPERIAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL LOBED BASIN
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The gently rounded sides of the basin are finely decorated to the exterior with a band of multi-coloured Indian lotus sprays, the interior with similar lotus blooms and florettes borne on tendrils radiating from a lotus pod surrounded by petals in the centre. The sides are supported on four low feet. The wide floriform rim is embellished on both sides with florettes issuing tendrils, repeated on the base reserving a gilt square incised with the reign mark.
6 1/4 in. (15.8 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Christopher Bruckner, London, 2008
Literature
Reverence and Perfection: Magnificent Imperial Cloisonné Enamels from a Private European Collection, Hong Kong, 2013, no. 43
Exhibited
Gerard Hawthorn, Oriental Works of Art, London, Summer 2005, Catalogue, no. 34

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Lot Essay

While a number of cloisonné enamel basins of lobed form and decorated with lotus sprays have been recorded, they are usually of considerably larger size, such as an example of similar shape from the Beijing Palace Museum Collection, decorated with lotus sprays and phoenixes (42.5 cm. wide), illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum - Enamels (4) - Cloisonne in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Beijing, 2011, pl. 4. It is very unusual to find a cloisonné enamel basin of such small size as the present lot. One comparable example is a slightly smaller basin of similar shape (13.8 cm. wide), also with a Qianlong mark and adorned with dragons and lotus blooms, sold at Christie's London, 11 May 2010, lot 120 (fig. 1).

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