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Bowl, 19th century, China. Cloisonné enamel decorative vessel, height 2.3 cm, diameter 9.4 cm. The round, flat-bottomed bowl with a low side wall widening toward the rim is decorated in the mirror with an ornamental composition on a light purple background arranged around a central black rosette. The composition includes four butterflies in white, red, and black, multicolored flowers including Buddha's fingers/Chinese lemon and surrounding leaves arranged in a circle. The inner wall is decorated with a floral tendril against a blue background composed of multicolored flowers similar to those in the mirror. A lambrequin ornament at the edge resembles the shape of rui heads. The rim is curved outward and gilded. The turquoise outer wall is filled with decoration similar to that on the inner wall. The underside of the bottom is covered with a single-color purple enamel. Pair with another bowl. Qing dynasty. Chinese., A shallow round metal dish with a decorative rim sits centered against a pale gray background, showing a colorful enamel pattern around its exterior in shades of blue, turquoise, green, red, yellow, white, and dark accents, with floral and vine motifs and a thin metallic edge, its underside reflected on the surface below creating a mirrored duplicate of the colors and patterns.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A26_041

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Keywords

Bowl 19th century China Cloisonné enamel decorative vessel height 2.3 cm diameter 9.4 cm round flat-bottomed bowl low side wall widening rim decorated mirror ornamental composition light purple background arranged central black rosette composition includes four butterflies white red black multicolored flowers Buddha's fingers Chinese lemon surrounding leaves arranged circle inner wall floral tendril blue background composed lambrequin ornament edge resembles shape rui heads curved outward gilded turquoise outer wall filled decoration underside bottom covered single-color purple enamel Pair another bowl Qing dynasty Chinese shallow round metal dish decorative sits centered pale gray background showing colorful enamel pattern exterior shades blue turquoise green yellow dark accents floral vine motifs thin metallic edge underside reflected surface creating mirrored duplicate colors patterns.