A rare cloisonné enamel square lantern


18th century The body comprising four panels of opaque glass and bordered by a key-fret band, the rounded stepped shoulder with a band of openwork ruyi picked out in black enamel, before a reticulated flared crown of alternating scrolling designs and lappets, below a further key-fret band, raised on a similarly decorated waisted foot supported by a ruyi band. 35.7cm (14in) high.
|十八世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯鏤空纏枝花卉紋宮燈Provenance: Collection of Lü Xiaguang (1906-1994)Sotheby's Paris, 9 June 2011, lot 289 A distinguished European private collection來源：Lü Xiaguang (1906-1994)舊藏2011年6月9日於巴黎蘇富比拍賣，拍品289號顯貴歐洲私人收藏Compare with a related pair of cloisonné enamel lanterns, 18th century, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2007, lot 1642.