I.100
Convolvulus and Quince

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 design of convolvulus and on the other with what may be intended as branches of either wintersweet or flowering quince, the narrow sides with a formalized floral design, the neck with a band of formalized lingzhi; 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
Possibly imperial, probably southern China, 1736-1800
Height: 5.96 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.68/1.49 cm

Provenance:
Robert Kleiner, 2001