A CHINESE POLYCHROME-ENAMELLED HAT STAND BASE

QING DYNASTY

The tall central section painted in white enamel with stylised lotus flowers and bats against a turquoise ground, with four yellow pierced flanges shaped as archaistic mythical beasts, the quatrefoil base moulded with ruyi-shaped feet, decorated in gilt with further lotus sprays on a bright iron-red ground, 17.5cm.

Provenance: from an English collection, London, acquired in c.2000.

Cf. Christie's London, 8th November 2016, lot 80 for a related Daoguang mark and period hat stand; see also Sotheby's London, 13th June 1989, lot 289 for a Qianlong example.