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Lot Essay
According to Qing court records, in celebration of the Emperor's 70th birthday, a large number of cloisonné enamel bowls and dishes with this decoration was commissioned.
Bowls with this design can be found in the Clague Collection, illustrated by Claudia Brown in Chinese Cloisonné: The Clague Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, 1980; in the Beijing Palace Museum Collection, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum - Enamels (2) - Cloisonne in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Beijing, 2011, pls. 281 and 282. Another one in the Staatliche Museum, Berlin, and six bowls in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Similar bowls sold at auction include: a pair at Christie's New York, 20 March 2001, lot 53; a single bowl at Sotheby's London, 4 November 2009, lot 144; and a single bowl at Christie's London, 10 November 2015, lot 125.
Bowls with this design can be found in the Clague Collection, illustrated by Claudia Brown in Chinese Cloisonné: The Clague Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, 1980; in the Beijing Palace Museum Collection, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum - Enamels (2) - Cloisonne in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Beijing, 2011, pls. 281 and 282. Another one in the Staatliche Museum, Berlin, and six bowls in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Similar bowls sold at auction include: a pair at Christie's New York, 20 March 2001, lot 53; a single bowl at Sotheby's London, 4 November 2009, lot 144; and a single bowl at Christie's London, 10 November 2015, lot 125.