A small cloisonné enamel square vase


Qianlong four-character mark and of the periodDecorated around the exterior with four panels containing two confronted stylised yellow chilong flanking a shou character, reserved against foliate scrolls, the stepped shoulder rising to a long cylindrical neck flanked by a pair of phoenix-head handles issuing loose rings. 11.8cm (4 5/8in) high.
|清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯開光夔龍拱壽紋小方瓶「乾隆年製」楷書刻款Compare a related cloisonné enamel vase, Qianlong four-character mark and of the period, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, decorated with related cartouches enclosing a pair of confronted kui dragons, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Enamels 2: Cloisonné in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Beijing, 2011, pp.220-221, no.175.