A RARE BEIJING ENAMEL OCTAFOIL BOX AND COVER MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG of oval section, the sides divided into eight lobes, delicately painted to the top of each lobe with a floral bloom picked out in various shades of yellow, blue, pink, green and white enamels, all encircling a stylised eight-petalled pink flowerhead with blue scrollwork, demi florets and pointed green leaves radiating from the furrows between the lobes, the rim encircled by a lime-green trefoil border, all reserved on a purplish-pink ground, the box similarly decorated with four leafy lotus sprays against a lemon-yellow ground, enclosing a four-character reign mark within a double square, the interior enamelled in sky blue and the rims mounted in gilt 12 cm, 4 3/4 in.
A RARE BEIJING ENAMEL OCTAFOIL BOX AND COVER MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG of oval section, the sides divided into eight lobes, delicately painted to the top of each lobe with a floral bloom picked out in various shades of yellow, blue, pink, green and white enamels, all encircling a stylised eight-petalled pink flowerhead with blue scrollwork, demi florets and pointed green leaves radiating from the furrows between the lobes, the rim encircled by a lime-green trefoil border, all reserved on a purplish-pink ground, the box similarly decorated with four leafy lotus sprays against a lemon-yellow ground, enclosing a four-character reign mark within a double square, the interior enamelled in sky blue and the rims mounted in gilt 12 cm, 4 3/4 in.
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