petit vase en bronze doré et émaux polychromes sur fond jaune Chine, dynastie Qing, époque Yongzheng (1723-1735) / Qianlong (1736-1795)

de forme bouteille sur un court pied droit, le long col agrémenté d'anses en bronze doré finement ciselées, la panse très joliment peinte de lotus, pivoines et autres fleurs sur fond jaune, le pied souligné d'une frise de palmes, l'épaulement de ruyi et de lotus, le col décoré de palmes et fleurs

A tiny chock to the middle of the body of the vase near the lostus frieze ; wears consistent with age and a restored area to the body.
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A small yellow-ground flower-decorated vase with comparable gilt-bronze handles is illustrated in Enamel ware in the Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1983, ill. 120, p. 235 ; for a comparable flower design beautifully painted as the present example see a small dish from the Yongzheng period illustrated ibid, ill. 99, p. 200