Live Auction 20906The Collection of Pierre Durand
A RARE CHINESE REPOUSSÉ ENAMEL BLUE-GROUND VESSEL AND COVER
Lot 77

A RARE CHINESE REPOUSSÉ ENAMEL BLUE-GROUND VESSEL AND COVER

GUANGZHOU, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Closed27 January 2022

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A RARE CHINESE REPOUSSÉ ENAMEL BLUE-GROUND VESSEL AND COVER
GUANGZHOU, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Decorated in raised gilt-metal on the blue enamel ground, the box with an upper band of archaistic dragons above florets within leafy panels and c-scrolls enclosing the foot, the cover with further decorative bands
8 3⁄4 in. (22.2 cm.) high

The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York.
The Collection of Khalil Rizk, New York.

Specialist note

This vessel and cover opens in an unusual way, so that the inverted, hollow cover can serve as a water pot and the vessel as a vase. A related, larger pair of lobed boxes and covers in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is decorated with a blue ground in a similar technique, and is illustrated by H. Garner in Chinese and Japanese Cloisonne Enamels, London, 1976, no. 78.