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Tin with a lid;, Chinese, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 18th century. Cloisonné enamel on tin; cylindrical container with a wide plate-like collar extending beyond the vessel walls and slightly rising at the rim; domed lid with a decorative openwork knob depicting a dragon in clouds facing a pearl. Exterior box and collar decorated with multicolored red, blue, green, yellow, white small-flowered ornament — branches with rosettes, buds, and leaves — on a turquoise background. Lid decorated with a lotus tendril composed of four geometrically arranged flowers and surrounding branches; a multi-petal rosette centered beneath the metal handle, also on turquoise. Bottom filled with a rich multicolored composition of elements reminiscent of Buddhist symbols a vajra and Dharma wheel forming the central rosette with two-colored red and blue ribbons between the symbols. Interior of box and lid gilt without enamel. Possibly used as a ritual incense box. Height 7.7 cm; diameter 15.1 cm., A shallow round metal vessel with a wide flat rim and a recessed central bowl, the exterior rim and interior bowl showing a gold-colored metal finish, while the vertical side and the top of the rim are decorated with cloisonné-style enameling in a bright sky blue background featuring floral motifs in red, white, yellow, green, and dark blue outlined in dark metal; the piece shows areas of wear and slight tarnishing on the gold surfaces and subtle speckling across the blue enamel.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A26_032

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Tin lid Chinese Qing dynasty Qianlong period 18th century Cloisonné enamel tin cylindrical container wide plate- collar extending beyond vessel walls slightly rising rim domed lid decorative openwork knob depicting dragon clouds facing pearl Exterior box collar decorated multicolored red blue green yellow white small-flowered ornament branches rosettes buds leaves turquoise background Lid decorated lotus tendril composed four geometrically arranged flowers surrounding branches multi-petal rosette centered beneath metal handle also turquoise Bottom filled rich multicolored composition elements reminiscent Buddhist symbols vajra Dharma wheel forming central rosette two-colored red blue ribbons symbols Interior box lid gilt enamel ritual incense box Height 7.7 cm diameter 15.1 cm shallow round metal vessel wide flat rim recessed central bowl exterior rim interior bowl showing gold-colored metal finish vertical side top decorated cloisonné-style enameling bright sky blue background featuring floral motifs red white dark blue outlined dark metal piece areas wear slight tarnishing gold surfaces subtle speckling across blue enamel.