I.105
A Panel of Birds

Inlaid famille rose enamels on bronze with gold (cloisonné); with a flat lip, flat foot, and flat foot rim; decorated on each main side with a raised panel conctaining a scene of a bird and blossoming tree, the narrow-side panels with a diaper pattern, the shoulders and neck with Indian lotus; the foot engraved in regular script Qianlong nian zhi 乾隆年製 (‘Made in the Qianlong era’); the interior not enamelled, the exterior exposed metal all gilt,
Stopper: inlaid famille rose enamels on bronze with gold (cloisonné); with a matching formalized floral design; the exterior exposed metal all gilt; original
Imperial, probably southern China, 1736 – 1799
Height (including original stopper in situ): 7 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.6/1.6 cm

Provenance:
Chilcott Collection, acquired in the 1960s or 1970s
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd, October 2012

Published:
Chang Gang 常罡, Canghai yizhu: Qiasi falang biyanhu yanjiu 滄海遗珠掐絲珐琅鼻烟壺研究 [Undiscovered pearls in the deep ocean: A study of cloisonné enamel snuff bottles] (Beijing: SDX Joint Publishing Co., 2013), 114, no. 31