Légende

Box with lid, cloisonné enamel, Chinese, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 18th century. Large cylindrical, spheroidal box supported on a separate annular foot, with a slightly flattened lid. Surface covered by a multicolored plant tendril encircling the container and lid, dominated by chrysanthemum flowers and leaves in various stylistic forms against a turquoise background. Upper edge of the storage section and lower edge of the cover decorated with a ruyi-head border in white and red; a blue three-petal pattern completes the decoration. Foot decorated with a band of colorful flowers and leafy twigs. Interior of the box and inner surface of the foot filled with uniform turquoise enamel. Unglazed edges of the storage section, cover, and foot are gilded. Height 14.5 cm; diameter 34.5 cm., A round shallow dish with a smooth sky-blue interior and a thin metallic gold rim, set against a flat dark gray background; the blue surface shows subtle variations in tone and a few small darker speckles, and there is a small white rectangular sticker on the rim.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A26_086

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

103.0Mo (1.7Mo) / 50.8cm x 50.8cm / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Box lid cloisonné enamel Chinese Qing dynasty Qianlong period 18th century Large cylindrical spheroidal box supported separate annular foot slightly flattened Surface covered multicolored plant tendril encircling container dominated chrysanthemum flowers leaves various stylistic forms turquoise background Upper edge storage section lower edge cover decorated ruyi-head border white red blue three-petal pattern completes decoration Foot decorated band colorful flowers leafy twigs Interior box inner surface foot filled uniform turquoise enamel Unglazed edges cover foot gilded Height 14.5 cm diameter 34.5 cm round shallow dish smooth sky-blue interior thin metallic gold rim set flat dark gray background blue surface subtle variations tone small darker speckles small white rectangular sticker rim.