A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ VASES, China, Qing dynasty, late 19th century

h cm 33,5 x d max cm 20,5

Well-molded in the shape of a double gourd with a ribbon cinched at the waist forming two bows, they are finely decorated with the "millefleurs" pattern; at the center of the base, they bear the apocryphal four-character mark of the Qianlong Emperor. Wirth their wooden stands.


Catalog notes:

For a vase with a similar decoration see the one in the Palace Museum in Beijing and illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasure of the Palace Museum - Metal-Bodied Enamel Ware, 2008, Hong Kong, pl. 169, pag. 177.

景泰蓝百花不落地葫芦瓶一对，中国，民国