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I.99
Imperial Wedding
Inlaid famille rose enamels on bronze, with gold (cloisonné); with a flat lip, flat foot, and flat foot rim; decorated on one main side with a five-clawed imperial dragon and on the other with a fenghuang, the narrow sides with a formalized floral design, the neck with a band of formalized lingzhi, the foot engraved in regular script Qianlong nian zhi 乾 隆年製 (‘Made in the Qianlong era’); the exterior exposed metal all gilt
Stopper: inlaid famille rose enamels on bronze, with gold (cloisonné), decorated with a formalized floral design; the exterior exposed metal all gilt; original
Imperial, probably southern China, 1736–1799
Height (including original stopper in situ): 6.3 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.53/1.60 cm
Provenance:
Michael Hughes, 2006