A cloisonné enamel ritual wine vessel, jue18th century
Raised on three tall tapering legs, the body decorated with lotus sprays, scrolling foliage and ruyi-form lappets, the interior with further flowering lotus stems, one side with a gilt loop handle issuing from a chilong head, the rim with two upright posts.
23.5cm (9.1/4in) high.注脚See a similar cloisonné and champlevé enamel wine vessel, jue, Qianlong, in the Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris, illustrated by B.Quette, ed., Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, New York, 2011, p.86, fig.5.8. Compare also a pair of related cloisonné enamel jue, 18th century, illustrated by C.Brown, Chinese Cloisonné: The Clague Collection, Phoenix, Arizona, 1980, pl.60.