I.104
Courtly Ground

Inlaid famille rose enamels on bronze, with gold (cloisonné); with a flat lip, flat foot, and flat foot rim; decorated with a continuous design of scrolling Indian lotus between a neck border of formalized lingzhi and a base band of formalized lotus petals; the foot engraved in slightly cursive regular script Qianlong nian zhi 乾隆年製 (‘Made in the Qianlong era’); the interior covered in blue enamel, the exterior exposed metal all gilt
Stopper: inlaid famille rose enamels on bronze, with gold (cloisonné), decorated with a single Indian lotus surrounded by scrolling tendrils; the exterior exposed metal all gilt; original
Imperial, probably southern China, 1736 – 1795
Height (including original stopper in situ): 6.92 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.80/2.02 cm

Provenance:
I. M. Chait, Los Angeles, October 2012
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd, October 2012