A RARE CANTON ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' VASE
A RARE CANTON ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' VASE QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The flaring sides superbly enamelled on one side with a cartouche depicting a river landscape scene, detailed with a European gentleman dressed in breeches and wearing an unbuttoned yellow jacket, holding a tricorn hat in one hand, the other clutching a long stick, leaning in an animated stance toward his attentive dog, the reverse side similarly decorated, all against a dense network of scrolling rosettes on a stippled turquoise-ground, repeated on the angled shoulder and the tapered cylindrical neck, divided with a bands of black spirals against a yellow-ground at intervals, the elegant neck flanked by a pair of stylised scroll-form handles, enamelled in blue, raised on a splayed foot, the interior and underside of the base with white enamel, the base bearing the reign mark in blue enamel 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.) high
A RARE CANTON ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' VASE
A RARE CANTON ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' VASE QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The flaring sides superbly enamelled on one side with a cartouche depicting a river landscape scene, detailed with a European gentleman dressed in breeches and wearing an unbuttoned yellow jacket, holding a tricorn hat in one hand, the other clutching a long stick, leaning in an animated stance toward his attentive dog, the reverse side similarly decorated, all against a dense network of scrolling rosettes on a stippled turquoise-ground, repeated on the angled shoulder and the tapered cylindrical neck, divided with a bands of black spirals against a yellow-ground at intervals, the elegant neck flanked by a pair of stylised scroll-form handles, enamelled in blue, raised on a splayed foot, the interior and underside of the base with white enamel, the base bearing the reign mark in blue enamel 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.) high
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