VASE MINIATURE EN BRONZE DORE ET EMAUX CLOISONNES

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE A QUATRE CARACTERES ET EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

Details

VASE MINIATURE EN BRONZE DORE ET EMAUX CLOISONNES
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE A QUATRE CARACTERES ET EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
De forme balustre, la panse est ornée d'élégants rinceaux feuillagés et lotus. Ces derniers alternent avec des marguerites, reprises sur le col. La base porte une marque incisée à quatre caractères de l'Empereur Qianlong.
Hauteur: 3,2 cm. (1¼ in.)

Provenance

From a distinguished French private collector, Val de Loire

Further details

A GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL MINIATURE VASE
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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Lot Essay

Miniature vessels such as the present lot were particularly appreciated by the literati class. They were displayed in collectors' cabinets which were placed in the scholar's studio, as depicted in numerous genre paintings from the Ming to Qing periods. The present lot was possibly made to be placed in an Imperial 'treasure box'. With the evolving trend towards displaying aesthetic rather than functional objects in the cabinets, this taste for the miniature reached its apogee under the Qianlong reign.
Compare with another one also bearing a four-character Qianlong mark, although slightly taller (5,4 cm), illustrated in Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, London, 1989, pl.237.

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