QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INSCRIBED MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A SMALL CLOISONNE ENAMEL CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INSCRIBED MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The domed cover decorated with a central lotus blossom surrounded by four further blossoms borne on the same scrolling stem, repeated as a frieze bearing four blossoms on the sides of the box above the high foot, inscribed with an additional character, jian
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

A small cloisonné enamel box of this shape and approximate size (7.1 cm.) with similar lotus scroll decoration was included in the Special Exhibition of Covered Boxes from East Asia (Tokubetsu Tenji Higashi Ajia no Futamono), Japan, 1984, pp. 74-5, no. 109. This type of box would most likely have held incense and been part of an incense set which would also have included a censer and a small vase to hold the incense implements.

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