A PAIR OF IMPERIAL ENCRUSTED ENAMELED GILT-METAL PETAL-MOLDED BOWLS QIANLONG FOUR CHARACTER MARK IN RED ENAMEL WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD Each of barbed outline and raised on a flared pedestal foot with keyfret border, the sides decorated with a band of conjoined, scrolling lotus sprays in chiseled and incised gilt-metal reserved on a bright blue ground, separated by plain bands of turquoise enamel from narrow borders of linked foliate scroll above and below, the everted rim formed by two plates joined by a series of screws on the underside and inlaid on the exterior with a row of faceted glass 'diamonds', the top crisply chiseled with foliate scroll reserved on a finely textured matte ground, interior enameled in pale blue and the interior of the base in white, some chipping of enamels, one 'jewel' missing--8 3/4 in. (22cm.) diam. (2)
A PAIR OF IMPERIAL ENCRUSTED ENAMELED GILT-METAL PETAL-MOLDED BOWLS QIANLONG FOUR CHARACTER MARK IN RED ENAMEL WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD Each of barbed outline and raised on a flared pedestal foot with keyfret border, the sides decorated with a band of conjoined, scrolling lotus sprays in chiseled and incised gilt-metal reserved on a bright blue ground, separated by plain bands of turquoise enamel from narrow borders of linked foliate scroll above and below, the everted rim formed by two plates joined by a series of screws on the underside and inlaid on the exterior with a row of faceted glass 'diamonds', the top crisply chiseled with foliate scroll reserved on a finely textured matte ground, interior enameled in pale blue and the interior of the base in white, some chipping of enamels, one 'jewel' missing--8 3/4 in. (22cm.) diam. (2)
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