A RARE INSCRIBED CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE, ZUN

£3,000 - £5,000 £11,970

A RARE INSCRIBED CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE, ZUN
QIANLONG 1736-95

The compressed circular body with a flared rim and foot, decorated with four taotie masks amongst formal square scrolls between bands of lappets on a turquoise ground, the interior and rims gilded, the base with a nine-character inscription reading gu she bao shi zhi zi zi sun sun bao yong (Bao of Gushe made this for his sons and grandsons to use and treasure) , 4.1kg, 26.9cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Vera Marguerite Bacon (1883-1970) and her husband Arthur Thomas Hodgson (1878-1931), of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, of Smallwood Manor, Uttoxeter and thence by descent.

Cf. Sotheby's New York, 23rd March 2022, lot 278 for a Qianlong cloisonné enamel jue bearing the same inscription.

清乾隆銅胎掐絲琺瑯饕餮紋尊
《古歙鮑氏製子子孫孫寶用》款
來源：Vera Maguerite Bacon及Arthur Thomas Hodgson伉儷的收藏，英國中部尤托克西特斯莫爾伍德莊園的國王皇家步槍隊，其後由後人繼承。