A cloisonné enamel ‘lotus’ vase Qing dynasty, Qianlong period

the tapering ovoid body rising to a tall waisted neck with lipped rim, brightly decorated against a turquoise ground with large lotus blooms borne on meandering leafy scrolls and arranged in double registers, the shoulder encircled with a raised gilt filet, the neck similarly decorated with lotus scrolls

Spink & Son Ltd., London, 20th March 1983.
Eskenazi Ltd., London.

The Minor Arts of China, Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1983, cat. no. 78.

Some minor infill to enamel flakes, including to an area beneth the mouth rim, measuring approximately 35mm. Otherwise in good general condition with minor nicks to rim and wear to gilt-bronze.
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