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fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing fig. 2 Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
ॱˏ ٫̺ᐅ೫ښḵ㡗ⳉި ॱ̣ ४⒤ᐅ೫ښḵ㡗ⳉި

The present vase is closely modelled in form and decoration ٫̺ᐅ೫ښḵ㡗ⳉˏͬ㍨૯ⅲᒝˮᕩኯ⚘ᾫὼⳉ⫁⁄䢮㭙 Ռֱ䢯䢲
after a larger cloisonné enamel vase (20 cm. high) dated to Ւࣰྋۢ♃㨫⧀᢬ډֱ⇂㏩䢲ᅠ᳦᢬⁄̃ۈা䢲⿉ᐅ೫ښḵ㡗ⳉᐷ
the mid-Ming dynasty in the Qing Court Collection (fig. 1), see ḵὊިՈ㢣Ǘ㕹൲⣐ᾫὼࣰǘ䢲㪁᫓䢲 ໝ䢲㦓 䢲ॱḛ ⴽ
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, 䢮ॱˏ䢯ǐ۷᣻㍨܀٫४⒤ᐅ೫ښḵ㡗ⳉˏࣰͬྋ⇂ܔⅲ㢪᢫ྼ
Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, Hong Kong, 2002, p. 37, no. 35. The ₝ᾫὼ⹯㹩⁄䢮㭙 Ռֱ䢯䢲Ւ⹯㹩⡩ⅲ㧰ᙂۢ㢳㎈۴˖ⅲ㡠ח
mouth and the upper neck of the Palace Museum example were ♃㨫⧀᢬⇂⩮䢲⿉Ǘᒝ᪹ᾫὼࣰൢ⿪ॱ㙼ǘ䢲܀٫䢲 ໝ䢲ॱ
replaced later, and are very similar in style to those found on an
imperial Yongzheng-marked yellow-ground painted enamel vase ḛ ⴽ䢮ॱ̣䢯ǐ᢬⁄♼ܐ̞˖㏽̣ϡ̃ṁ㷠䢲˩ഩࣰྋ✭റ䢲ϕ
of the same form decorated with peonies in the National Palace ̃ᕇ㧩★๾ۿთǐ
Museum, Taipei (fig.2), see Enamel Ware in the Ming and Ch’ing
Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, pp. 198-199, no. 98 (21.3 cm. high). ᢍㄦ⇂ܔⅲ̖㡲ኯ⚘ᾫὼࣰॼ๼Ⳕ˖ⅳډֱ★♢䢲˞ോഢⅳѰറǐ
㏩Κϡۿ᣻㍨٫̺ᐅ೫ښḵ㡗ⳉˏͬ㍨૯ⅲ㟚ԲỜᆫ❚ὺ♃㢳⡩⁄
Compare to a few other finely cast and exquisitely enamelled 䢮㭙 Ռֱ䢯䢲⿉ᐅ೫ښḵ㡗ⳉᐷḵὊިՈ㢣Ǘ㕹൲⣐ᾫὼࣰǘ䢲
cloisonné vessels bearing the same Qianlong four-character
marks cast in relief, such as a larger cloisonné enamel vase (17.4 㪁᫓䢲 ໝ䢲㦓 䢲ॱḛ ⴽ䣁ۢോഢ⇂ܔⅲˏͬ㩱㩏♃റ
cm. high) decorated with heart-shaped panels enclosing lions ⁄䢲 ໝ ᕕ ᑽᑞіᐜωૈྴሠ㇫䢲ሠި ⴽǐ
and brocade balls in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in
Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Enamels -
2 - Cloisonne in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Beijing, 2011, pp.
223, no. 177 (17.4 cm. high); and a small hu-form vase of the same
size (11.2 cm. high) decorated with taotie masks sold at Christie’s
London, 15 May 2018, lot 3.

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