A CHINESE ENAMELLED COPPER 'BAJIXIANG' DISH LATE 18TH CENTURY Decorated with the eight Buddhist emblems in tooled gold on a blue basse-taille ground, the exterior covered with green enamel and floral sprays in silver foil, together with a copy of A Tale of Three Cities by D S Howard, 11.4cm. (2) Illustrated: D S Howard, A Tale of Three Cities, Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, p.157 no.203. Cf. M Gillingham, Chinese Painted Enamels of the 18th Century, the Chinese Porcelain Company, 1993, p.24-5 for a similar object.
A CHINESE ENAMELLED COPPER 'BAJIXIANG' DISH LATE 18TH CENTURY Decorated with the eight Buddhist emblems in tooled gold on a blue basse-taille ground, the exterior covered with green enamel and floral sprays in silver foil, together with a copy of A Tale of Three Cities by D S Howard, 11.4cm. (2) Illustrated: D S Howard, A Tale of Three Cities, Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, p.157 no.203. Cf. M Gillingham, Chinese Painted Enamels of the 18th Century, the Chinese Porcelain Company, 1993, p.24-5 for a similar object.
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