AN EXTREMELY RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE EWER AND COVER MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG superbly cast with an ovoid body rising from a short foot to a constricted neck and wide mouth-rim, one side of the vessel with an elongated gilt-bronze phoenix-head spout rendered issuing from a dragon's mouth, opposite a corresponding dragon tail, the exterior of the body densely enamelled with a wide band of Indian lotus strapwork between bands of pendent ruyi heads and upright lappets and overlapping cloud scrolls, the flat shoulder and neck enamelled with floral scrolls, all against a bright turquoise ground, the shoulder further surmounted by a handle decorated with two facing dragons amongst swirling 'wish-granting' clouds, the gilt-bronze base incised with a six-character reign mark within a double square 31.5 cm, 12 3/8 in.
AN EXTREMELY RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE EWER AND COVER MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG superbly cast with an ovoid body rising from a short foot to a constricted neck and wide mouth-rim, one side of the vessel with an elongated gilt-bronze phoenix-head spout rendered issuing from a dragon's mouth, opposite a corresponding dragon tail, the exterior of the body densely enamelled with a wide band of Indian lotus strapwork between bands of pendent ruyi heads and upright lappets and overlapping cloud scrolls, the flat shoulder and neck enamelled with floral scrolls, all against a bright turquoise ground, the shoulder further surmounted by a handle decorated with two facing dragons amongst swirling 'wish-granting' clouds, the gilt-bronze base incised with a six-character reign mark within a double square 31.5 cm, 12 3/8 in.
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