A CLOISONNE ENAMEL 'LOTUS' VASEQianlong mark and of the periodThe pear-shaped body with ringed waisted neck decorated with scroll bands, similarly decorated on the flared mouth with gallery rim, twin ruyi-head-shaped flanking the neck, all on a spreading foot, the body and the neck decorated in colourful enamels with symmetrical scrollwork centered by lotus blossoms and with subsidiary blossoms and florets, all on a turquoise ground, between four mallow and lotus blossom florets centering bound symmetrical scrolls, the foot with floral scrolls and ruyi-head borders, the handles with wire scrolls on a cobalt enamel ground, underside incised with the four-character mark within a double square.29cm (11 3/8in) highProvenance: 清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋如意耳瓶「乾隆年製」楷書刻款Compare a pair of vases of similar form with modified neck and collar and unenameled handles, decorated with lotus and scrollwork, from an altar garniture in the Qing Court Collection, Beijing, attributed to the Qianlong period, illustrated inMetal-Bodied Enamel Ware. Theplete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, p.144, no.138.瓶侈口直頸，雙如意形耳，以寶藍色為地，上面飾描金捲雲紋，碩腹，高圈足外撇。全器主體部分以淺藍色為地，滿飾纏枝花卉紋飾圖案，色彩絢麗。口沿下、肩部各飾卷草紋一周。口沿繪纏枝蓮紋圖案，蓮花色彩鮮艷，黃、紅、藍相間搭配而成，枝葉則用深、淺綠色填塗，形制端莊，底鏨刻雙方框「乾隆年製」雙行四字楷款。瓶為五供之一，在佛堂插花之用。本器成對另與一對燭台、香爐同成五供。見清宮舊藏一套乾隆掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋五供，著錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系：金屬胎琺瑯器》，香港，2002年，頁144，編號138。