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399 Other vessels with a lemon-yellow ground used by the Imperial court
An Imperial Canton enamel yellow-ground bowl, cover and stand without reign marks are in the Qing court collection. A painted enamel
spittoon and cover with yellow-ground enamel dated to the Qianlong
Qianlong period is in the Qing court collection, see Metal-bodied Enamel Ware.
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Beijing,
The exteriors overall brilliantly enamelled and densely decorated with a 2001, pp.230-231, no.219. For a similarly decorated miniature kang
table also in the Qing court collection, see Metal-bodied Enamel Ware.
continuous floral scroll of peony, camellia and hibiscus blossoms issuing The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Beijing,
2001, p.239. no.226.
from leafy stems, the knop and the base each depicting a coiled dragon,

the interior of the bowl plain with a flowerhead decoration.
The dish 15.7cm diam. (3).
HK$120,000 - 180,000
US$15,000 - 23,000

清乾隆 銅胎畫北京琺瑯黃地纏枝花卉紋蓋盌及托 Compare a similar pair of Imperial yellow-ground enamelled copper
circular bowls and covers, formerly in the Fonthill collection of Alfred
Such bowls with vibrant enamelled yellow grounds were most likely Morrison (1821-1897) and subsequently illustrated by S.Marchant & Son,
for Imperial use. Recorded documents in the ‘Archives of the Imperial London, Recent Acquisitions 2005. Chinese Imperial & Export Porcelain,
Household Workshop’ at Yangxin Hall include an account dated Cloisonné & Enamel Wares. 80th Anniversary, London, 2005, p.132,
fourteenth year of Qianlong (1749) of a decree by the Eunuch Hu Shihie, no.79. See also a similar yellow-enamelled bowl and cover sold in these
stating that enamelled wares presented to the court by the Guangdong rooms, 27 May 2012, lot 320.
Maritime Customs Office had no marks, and that later wares were to be
made with Imperial marks. The current example is very much related to
such wares created during the early Qianlong period and may well have
been presented to the court for Imperial use.

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