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AN EXTREMELY RARE BEIJING ENAMEL FALANGCAI GLASS ZHADOU BLUE ENAMEL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG

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the milky-white glass body with a compressed globular body rising from a straight foot to a prominently flaring neck, the rounded lower body vibrantly painted with an extensive palette with three large shaped cartouches with borders stylistically rendered in pink scrollwork as pairs of confronting kui dragons and enclosing various scenes of landscapes with figures engaging in different activities, the cartouches alternating with three smaller lobed ones bordered with multi-coloured interlocking scrollwork and enclosing depictions in pink enamel of further landscapes with figures, all against a dense ground of elaborate curling fronds between bands of foliage and trefoil motifs, the trumpet neck encircled with a wide frieze of upright plantain leaves and pink kui dragons echoing those bordering the cartouches below and a thin blue-ground band neatly lined with white florets, all reserved on a rich yellow ground, the white base inscribed in blue enamel with a four-character reign mark within a double square

9.1 cm, 3 1/2 in.

Provenance:
Mayuyama & Co. Ltd, Tokyo, acquired in France, by repute.

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the milky-white glass body with a compressed globular body rising from a straight foot to a prominently flaring neck, the rounded lower body vibrantly painted with an extensive palette with three large shaped cartouches with borders stylistically rendered in pink scrollwork as pairs of confronting kui dragons and enclosing various scenes of landscapes with figures engaging in different activities, the cartouches alternating with three smaller lobed ones bordered with multi-coloured interlocking scrollwork and enclosing depictions in pink enamel of further landscapes with figures, all against a dense ground of elaborate curling fronds between bands of foliage and trefoil motifs, the trumpet neck encircled with a wide frieze of upright plantain leaves and pink kui dragons echoing those bordering the cartouches below and a thin blue-ground band neatly lined with white florets, all reserved on a rich yellow ground, the white base inscribed in blue enamel with a four-character reign mark within a double square

9.1 cm, 3 1/2 in.

Provenance:
Mayuyama & Co. Ltd, Tokyo, acquired in France, by repute.

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