Jingtai two-character mark, mid-Qing Dynasty The finely enamelled baluster body of square section rising from a spreading foot to a waisted neck, brightly decorated with stylised lotuses issuing leafy vines and other flower heads on a vibrant turquoise ground, set with a pair of archaistic taotie mask loop handles, the base, shoulder and rim gilded. 14cm (5 1/2in) high.
清中期 銅胎掐絲琺瑯勾蓮紋鋪首銜環耳瓶 「景泰」款
See a cloisonné enamel and gilt-bronze lotus vase of similar shape and decoration, bearing a similar two-character Jingtai mark but flanked by a pair of elephant-head handles, Mid-Qing, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamel 3, Hefei, 2011, p.180, pl.145.
Compare with a related cloisonné enamel and gilt-bronze lotus vase of similar size, Qianlong period, which was sold at Bonhams Paris, 13 June 2023, lot 32.
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