Légende

Tin with a lid, Chinese, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, cloisonné enamel, 18th century. Cylindrical tin with a wide plate-like collar extending beyond the vessel walls, slightly rising at the rim. Domed lid with a handle in the form of an openwork dragon in clouds, head directed toward a pearl atop the handle. Exterior of 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 of four geometrically arranged flowers and surrounding branches; a multi-petal rosette at the center beneath the metal handle, all on turquoise. Base 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 unenameled; all interior elements gilded. Possibly used in religious ritual incense box. Container; height 7.7 cm, diameter 15.1 cm., A shallow circular lidded container with a domed lid topped by an ornate spherical finial, all resting on a flat horizontal rim; the surface is covered in an intricate floral and foliate pattern in a palette of light blue, red, green, and gold, with the metal edging and finial showing a brass or antique gold tone, and the background behind the object appearing pale gray.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A26_029

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30.0Mo (594.1Ko) / 36.1cm x 20.8cm / 4260 x 2462 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Tin lid Chinese Qing dynasty Qianlong period cloisonné enamel 18th century Cylindrical tin wide plate- collar extending beyond vessel walls slightly rising rim Domed lid handle form openwork dragon clouds head directed pearl atop Exterior box collar decorated multicolored red blue green yellow white small-flowered ornament branches rosettes buds leaves on turquoise background Lid decorated lotus tendril four geometrically arranged flowers surrounding branches multi-petal rosette center beneath metal handle turquoise Base filled rich multicolored composition elements reminiscent Buddhist symbols vajra Dharma wheel forming central rosette two-colored red blue ribbons symbols Interior lid unenameled interior elements gilded religious ritual incense box Container height 7.7 cm diameter 15.1 cm shallow circular lidded container domed topped ornate spherical finial resting flat horizontal rim surface covered intricate floral foliate pattern palette light blue red gold metal edging finial showing brass antique gold tone background object appearing pale gray.