A LARGE CLOISONNÉ-ENAMELLED VASE

Description:

China, Jiaqing period
H. 74,4 cm
Decorated around the body on turquoise and key-fret ground with quails and butterflies in a lively landscape of millet, bamboo, chrysanthemum, and plantains, within bat and lappet bands, the neck with lotos blossoms and scrolls around the Eight Buddhist Emblems 'bajixiang', above a band of stiff plantain leaves and bats among cloud scrolls on a red ground, with another band of 'ruyi' below the mouth.
From an old Berlin private collection - Very small dent to the wall, very few minor losses to the enamels
Cf. a pair of related cloisonné-enamelled vases of slightly different 'tianqiuping' shape and 'sanduo' decoration, sold by Christie's London, 15 July 2005, lot 122.