AN EXQUISITE AND VERY RARE BEIJING ENAMEL CUP AND COVER
AN EXQUISITE AND VERY RARE BEIJING ENAMEL CUP AND COVER QIANLONG BLUE-ENAMELLED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The slightly waisted deep tapering sides resting on a short circular spreading foot and rising to an everted rim, flanked by a pair of well-cast gilt-metal archaistic dragon handles bridging the rim and mid-section, superbly enamelled above the foot with two shaped cartouches depicting rural Italianate scenes, the first with a shepherd beside a vase of flowers watching over his flock of sheep, the reverse with a lady leading an ox and holding a basket of flowers in her other arm, all before buildings in tree-strewn landscapes, reserved on a rich yellow ground with dense scrolling foliage, the mid-section with a narrow band of flower scroll below further landscape cartouches decorated in puce enamel against a lime-green floral scroll ground, the cover with similar floral scroll bands on a yellow ground, puce cartouches on a lime-green ground and a band of multi-coloured 'ball-flowers' encircling the gilt-metal knop finial 11.7 cm. (4 5/8 in.) high
AN EXQUISITE AND VERY RARE BEIJING ENAMEL CUP AND COVER
AN EXQUISITE AND VERY RARE BEIJING ENAMEL CUP AND COVER QIANLONG BLUE-ENAMELLED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The slightly waisted deep tapering sides resting on a short circular spreading foot and rising to an everted rim, flanked by a pair of well-cast gilt-metal archaistic dragon handles bridging the rim and mid-section, superbly enamelled above the foot with two shaped cartouches depicting rural Italianate scenes, the first with a shepherd beside a vase of flowers watching over his flock of sheep, the reverse with a lady leading an ox and holding a basket of flowers in her other arm, all before buildings in tree-strewn landscapes, reserved on a rich yellow ground with dense scrolling foliage, the mid-section with a narrow band of flower scroll below further landscape cartouches decorated in puce enamel against a lime-green floral scroll ground, the cover with similar floral scroll bands on a yellow ground, puce cartouches on a lime-green ground and a band of multi-coloured 'ball-flowers' encircling the gilt-metal knop finial 11.7 cm. (4 5/8 in.) high
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