Coupe en bronze doré et émail champlevé Chine, dynastie Qing, marque et époque Jiaqing (1796-1820)

circulaire le bord très légèrement évasé, le pourtour à décor de caractères archaïsants en réserve sur fond bleu, une frise de svastika autour du bord et du pied, marque kaishu incisée de l'empereur Jiaqing à six caractères à la base

Some wear and scratches to the gilding inside, consistent with age, rubbing to the gilding around the mouth rim and foot. Expected firing bubbles and tiny losses to the champlevé enamel (an area with possibly small restored filling), around the body, but overall the bowl is in very good condition.
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A closely related example, in the Pierre Uldry Collection, was included in the exhibition Chinesisches Cloisonné die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Rietberg Museum, Zurich, 1985, cat. no. 347; another was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28^th October 2002, lot 788; and a pair of bowls, from the Alfred Morrison Collection, was sold at Christie's London, 9^th November 2004, lot 34.