Bottle ID: 815

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COPPER, CLOISONNÉ, DRAGONS AROUND A SHOU MEDALLION

Date: 1750-1795

Height: 53 mm

A cloisonné snuff bottle, of flattened, rounded form, enameled on copper in blue, white, red, green, yellow and pink against a gilded ground with archaistic dragons surrounding a shou medallion within a floral vignette surrounded by scrolling lotus and tendrils, the neck with a leiwen band above an inverted lingzhi-head band, the sides with a floral design between two vertical borders. 
With original matching stopper.
Probably imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops 

Provenance:

Clare Chu Asian Art
A private French Collection 

 

 

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