清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯山水紋圓蓋盒

the rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a circular cover, the upper face with a retreat in a mountainous landscape with trees, set within a thin band of lappets, above shaped bands of chrysanthemum, prunus, lotus and peony flanked by chrysanthemum, the exterior base similarly decorated, the interior base and cover unusually decorated with a large central roundel of stylised lotus, below a band of prunus and bamboo leaves on a cracked-ice ground

This box is in good condition, but there is a 2cm by 1.5cm area of enamel repair to the cover at 1 o'clock and also some areas of minor enamel loss and minor repair to the cover. There are some scratches to the upper surface of the cover and some rubbing to the gilding to the rims of the box and cover and to the footrim.
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本品色澤絢麗，集清廷創意巧藝，薈各類紋飾，創和諧對比。內飾典雅卷葉，尖細冰裂紋，對比生動有致；外側畫卷草花紋，圍繞蓋中連綿山水，青花釉色，盡展景致，增添雅趣。十八世紀，掐絲琺瑯復享盛名，製作愈見精闢，成就此類巧妙佳品。憑精湛技藝，釉彩紛陳，增至二十餘種，從此盒可見一斑，所成之款革新多變，合其時華貴之風。

見同類卷花側飾大盒，蓋面多繪獸圖，參考兩例，載於Gunhild Gabbert Avitabile，《Die Ware aus dem Teufelsland》，漢諾威，1981年，圖版61及62，分別屬斯圖加特Linden Museum及米蘭Castello Sforzesco，Civiche Raccolte d’Arte Applicata；另有兩盒，分別售於1961年5月30日，編號421，以及1975年10月14，編號217；再有一例，售於倫敦佳士得1981年11月16日，再售於巴黎蘇富比2013年6月12日，編號42；另一例兩度售於香港佳士得1998年4月26日，編號559，以及2009年12月1日，編號1947。

盒上開光飾四時花卉，有牡丹、荷花、菊花和梅花，象徵春夏秋冬。