清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯瓶形件四件

each of baluster vase-form, with upright leaf lappets around the neck, the body decorated with stylized shou characters flanked by pairs of bats flying amid auspicious clouds, with lotus petal lappets encircling the shoulder and base, all supported on a pedestal foot, the shoulder  pierced with opposing T-shaped perforations, the interior hollow except for a plate set at the base of the neck and pierced with a square hole

十九世紀末從中國得之，自此家族收藏

There are the expected cracks and loss to the enamel overall, particularly to the areas around the mouth rim, and around the base with associated fill. There is wear to the gilding overall on all four fittings. There is a dent to the foot rim on one.
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These fittings could have come from a number of different cloisonné enamel forms. The hollow interior with the pierced square hole would have allowed the insertion of a dowel to secure it in place as part of a larger construction. The holes on the shoulder could have held handles. For example, ribbon-form handles like the kind seen on the double-gourd stem sections on a set of  cloisonné enamel 'Eight Auspicious Objects' made for altars illustrated in Monarchy and the Buddhist Way: Tibetan-Buddhist Ritual Implements in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1999, p. 172-173. no. 81. These fittings could have come from a similar set with baluster-shaped stem sections.  Alternatively, they could have been the stem section of candlesticks or they could have come from the tops of cloisonné enamel elephants such as the one illustrated in Masterpieces of Chinese Enamel Ware in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1971, no. 29.