QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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AN IMPERIAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL 'LOTUS' BALUSTER VASE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vase is heavily cast with an elongated body tapering towards the waisted foot. The neck and body are finely decorated in vivid enamels on a turquoise ground with scrolling Indian lotus, divided by a ruyi band repeated around the rim and foot. The neck is applied with angular-form handles enamelled with C-scrolls suspending loose rings, above a gilt bow-string band at the shoulder.
13 3/4 in. (35 cm.) high

Literature

Reverence and Perfection: Magnificent Imperial Cloisonné Enamels from a Private European Collection, Hong Kong, 2013, no. 30

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Lot Essay

An almost identical vase in the Palace Museum is displayed in a large multi-treasure display cabinet in the Hall of Fragrance and illustrated, Life in the Forbidden City, Hong Kong, 1985, p. 224 (fig. 1, centre). Another Qianlong-marked vase with very similar decoration of scrolling lotus but with ruyi-shaped handles and an oval body is illustrated in The Prime Cultural Relics Collected by Shenyang Imperial Palace Museum - The Enamel Volume, Shenyang, 2007, p. 10, pl. 7.

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