Caption

Box with a lid. Cylindrical spheroidal box on a separate ring foot with a slightly convex lid, decorated overall with multi-coloured lotus tendrils on a turquoise ground. Foot bears a band with curling silkworm-larvae motif. Rounded edge of lid, storage section, lower edge of foot, interior and bottom are gilded. Bottom engraved with the inscription made in the Qianlong era and a workshop/guild mark yue. Pair with a similar box slightly different shape, height, and ornamentation. Cloisonné enamel. Qing dynasty, Qianlong period 18th century, China. Height 4 cm; diameter 6.7 cm., A round decorative bowl with a turquoise blue interior featuring a repeating floral and scroll pattern in a few colors including gold, red, dark blue, green, black, and purple, outlined in thin gold lines; the rim is gold and the background outside the bowl is gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A26_019

License type

Rights managed

Available size

32.2Mb (1.3Mb) / 11.2in x 11.2in / 3353 x 3353 (300dpi)

Keywords

Box lid Cylindrical spheroidal box separate ring foot slightly convex decorated multi-coloured lotus tendrils turquoise ground Foot bears band curling silkworm-larvae motif Rounded edge storage section lower edge foot interior bottom gilded Bottom engraved inscription Qianlong era workshop guild mark yue Pair box slightly different shape height ornamentation Cloisonné enamel Qing dynasty Qianlong period 18th century China Height 4 cm diameter 6.7 cm round decorative bowl turquoise blue interior featuring repeating floral scroll pattern colors gold red dark blue green black purple outlined thin lines rim background outside bowl gray.