Vasen tillverkad med en rund kropp, hög hals och dekor i flerfärgad emalj av en fortlöpande lotusslinga mot en turkos grund. Den förgyllda foten med Qianlongs märke följt av tecken för Yuan. Höjd 12 cm.
Property of a private Swedish collector.
Compare another related Qianlong cloisonné enamel vase in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Compendium of Collection of the Palace Museum: Enamels 2, Beijing and Hefei, 2011, pl.154.
Compare, Christies Live auction 3217 Reverence and Perfection - Magnificent Imperial Cloisonne Enamels from a Private European Collection, lot no 2057, 29 May 2013.
Compare to a slightly smaller example (12.1 cm. high) in the Pierre Uldry Collection, inscribed with an additional character, Shou, illustrated by Brinker and Lutz in Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, pl. 285. The authors note that the additional inscription seen on some Qing cloisonné enamel pieces may appear as a single number between one and five or as an obscure character defining the vessel's usage and category, op. cit., p. 74.
See also, a very similar one in Cloisonné, Chinese enamels form the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, Edited by Beatrice Quette. Page 291.
The extra character is also sometimes seen on some imperial glass wares and believed by some scholars to be a serial number from the Chinese classic Qianziwen, 'The One Thousand Word Essay', with a strong connection to the Imperial Workshops (refer to Elegance and Radiance, Grandeur in Qing Glass, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000, p. 312).