A MAGNIFICENT IMPERIAL BEIJING ENAMEL WINE-POT AND COVER YONGZHENG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) The pear-shaped body is elaborately enamelled in vivid tones with a frieze of colourful foliate medallions enclosing blue panels of classic scroll designs, interspersed by upright coxcomb springing from a band of pink lotus petals encircling the foot, all on a rich yellow-ground, the shoulder decorated with six cloud-shaped cartouches each enclosing a different coloured lotus spray, above a band of pink and green interlocking ruyi -heads with floral sprays on a black-ground, the spout similarly decorated and set at right angles to the ebony scroll handle, the hinged stepped domed cover encircled by floral bands on black and yellow grounds, the interior turquoise-enamelled, and the reign mark inscribed in aubergine enamel within a double-circle surrounded by a foliate meander 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) high, box
A MAGNIFICENT IMPERIAL BEIJING ENAMEL WINE-POT AND COVER YONGZHENG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) The pear-shaped body is elaborately enamelled in vivid tones with a frieze of colourful foliate medallions enclosing blue panels of classic scroll designs, interspersed by upright coxcomb springing from a band of pink lotus petals encircling the foot, all on a rich yellow-ground, the shoulder decorated with six cloud-shaped cartouches each enclosing a different coloured lotus spray, above a band of pink and green interlocking ruyi -heads with floral sprays on a black-ground, the spout similarly decorated and set at right angles to the ebony scroll handle, the hinged stepped domed cover encircled by floral bands on black and yellow grounds, the interior turquoise-enamelled, and the reign mark inscribed in aubergine enamel within a double-circle surrounded by a foliate meander 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) high, box
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