A fine large cloisonné enamel circular box and cover
18th century
The heavily-cast box and cover brightly enamelled with a central medallion on the cover containing a phoenix perched on a rock besides flowering and fruiting branches against a red ground, within a yellow-ground lotus-scroll band, the sides of the cover and the box with a matching design of four lobed cartouches variously containing lotus, peony, chrysanthemum and prunus, the interior of both box and cover with a central shou character surrounded by five bats and four peach sprays on a leiwen ground, the base of the box with a repeated design of a red flower within a hexagonal blue border. 36cm (14in) diam. (2).
The heavily-cast box and cover brightly enamelled with a central medallion on the cover containing a phoenix perched on a rock besides flowering and fruiting branches against a red ground, within a yellow-ground lotus-scroll band, the sides of the cover and the box with a matching design of four lobed cartouches variously containing lotus, peony, chrysanthemum and prunus, the interior of both box and cover with a central shou character surrounded by five bats and four peach sprays on a leiwen ground, the base of the box with a repeated design of a red flower within a hexagonal blue border. 36cm (14in) diam. (2).
Estimate:
£30,000 - 50,000
HK$ 350,000 - 590,000
CNY 280,000 - 460,000
HK$ 350,000 - 590,000
CNY 280,000 - 460,000
Footnotes
- Provenance: an English private collection
十八世紀 掐絲琺瑯花卉鳳紋大圓盒
來源：英國私人收藏
Lot heading
The Property of an English Family 英國家族藏品
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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