AN EXTREMELY RARE GILT-DECORATED TROMPE L'OEIL BRONZE-IMITATION ARCHAISTIC VASE AND LACQUER-IMITATION STAND, ZUN SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG of archaistic zun form, skilfully potted with a flattened pear-shaped body rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck and flared rim, the vessel flanked by three pairs of gold-enamelled openwork handles and decorated with bands of archaistic motifs, including friezes of kui dragons and taotie masks between two lappet borders, the design further adorned with raised bands and flanges with gilt highlights, all against a ground densely incised with leiwen motifs and interlocking ruyi, applied with a mottled robin's egg turquoise-blue glaze in simulation of an archaic bronze with malachite encrustation, the gold-enamelled base inscribed in gilt with a six-character seal mark, the well-fitted porcelain stand modelled with a bulging apron terminating in six lobed feet, modelled after Japanese maki-e lacquer of the period and decorated in gilt with floral and foliate motifs against a black ground 12.9 cm, 5 in. overall 15.4 cm, 6 in.
AN EXTREMELY RARE GILT-DECORATED TROMPE L'OEIL BRONZE-IMITATION ARCHAISTIC VASE AND LACQUER-IMITATION STAND, ZUN SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG of archaistic zun form, skilfully potted with a flattened pear-shaped body rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck and flared rim, the vessel flanked by three pairs of gold-enamelled openwork handles and decorated with bands of archaistic motifs, including friezes of kui dragons and taotie masks between two lappet borders, the design further adorned with raised bands and flanges with gilt highlights, all against a ground densely incised with leiwen motifs and interlocking ruyi, applied with a mottled robin's egg turquoise-blue glaze in simulation of an archaic bronze with malachite encrustation, the gold-enamelled base inscribed in gilt with a six-character seal mark, the well-fitted porcelain stand modelled with a bulging apron terminating in six lobed feet, modelled after Japanese maki-e lacquer of the period and decorated in gilt with floral and foliate motifs against a black ground 12.9 cm, 5 in. overall 15.4 cm, 6 in.
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