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QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
A VERY RARE FAMILLE ROSE OPENWORK COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The domed cover is surmounted by a bud finial in iron red and painted with a gilt shou character. It is variously decorated with a band of lotus petals around the finial; an iron-red band painted with interspersing fu and shou characters; a band of lime green openwork lattice fringed by pendent leaves and ruyi heads; and a band of composite Rococo style scrolls on yellow ground around the rim. The underside is enamelled in pale turquoise.
6 in. (15 cm.) diam.
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The domed cover is surmounted by a bud finial in iron red and painted with a gilt shou character. It is variously decorated with a band of lotus petals around the finial; an iron-red band painted with interspersing fu and shou characters; a band of lime green openwork lattice fringed by pendent leaves and ruyi heads; and a band of composite Rococo style scrolls on yellow ground around the rim. The underside is enamelled in pale turquoise.
6 in. (15 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Collection of Viscountess Frankfort de Montmorency, circa 1930s
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