A gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamels 'prunus and butterflies' box and cover Qing Dynasty, first half of the 19th century | 清十九世紀上半葉 掐絲琺瑯開光梅樹花開紋蓋盒

Property from a French private collection, Rhône-Alpes

A gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamels 'prunus and butterflies' box and cover

Qing Dynasty, first half of the 19th century

of compressed globular form resting on a short straight foot, the domed cover decorated with a central round medallion enclosing a red-trunk flowering prunus tree surrounded by butterflies and auspicious items, all against a turquoise ground of leiwen, the base similarly decorated with auspicious objects, the base with florets reserved on a black ice-crackled ground, the interior turquoise  

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19.8 cm, 7¾ in.

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Boite couverte en bronze doré et émaux cloisonnés, dynastie Qing, première moitié du XIX^E siècle 

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法國私人收藏

清十九世紀上半葉 掐絲琺瑯開光梅樹花開紋蓋盒

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19.8 公分， 7¾英寸