PAIRE DE COUPES SUR PIÉDOUCHE EN BRONZE DORÉ ET ÉMAUX CLOISONNÉS Marques et...

PAIRE DE COUPES SUR PIÉDOUCHE EN BRONZE DORÉ ET ÉMAUX CLOISONNÉS Marques et époque Qianlong（1736-1795） A RARE PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL STEM CUPS Qianlong six-character marks and of the period With deep wide cups raised on a splayed foot, decorated around the exteriors in vibrant tones of blue, red and yellow with two pairs of archaistic dragons centering on a stylised shou character, the foot decorated with small flowerheads issuing leafy tendrils, all on a turquoise ground, the bases and interiors gilt, each base with an incised six-character mark within a double square. Each 7.9cm (3 1/8in) diam. (2). Footnotes: 清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯夔龙團壽紋高足杯「大清乾隆年製」楷書款 Few 18th century cloisonné enamel stem cups are known. See a stem cup of the same shape and design, also bearing a six-character Qianlong mark to the base, in the Uldry Collection, published in Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné. The Pierre Uldry Collection , New York and Zurich, 1989, fig.262 and 262a. Three further cloisonné stem cups of different forms and sizes, all with Qianlong marks, in the collection of the Palace Museum, illustrated in Palace Museum (ed.), Compendium of Collections of the Palace Museum. Enamels, 2, Cloisonne in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) , Beijing, 2011, cat.nos.275, 276 and 278. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a reduced rate of 5.5% on the hammer price and the prevailing rate on buyer's premium if the item remains in EU. TVA sur les objets importés à un taux réduit de 5.5% sur le prix d'adjudication et un taux en vigueur sur la prime d'achat dans le cas où l'objet reste dans l'Union Européenne. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com