A CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL FAMILLE ROSE VASE

18TH CENTURY

Decorated to each side with two phoenix facing outwards, a central raised panel formed as a vase dividing them, the sides with peony emerging from rocks, together with a cloisonné domed cover, decorated with taotie masks, the latter with a paper label for G & T Portier, Paris, 16cm and 13.6cm respectively. (2)

Cf. Chinese Export Art in the Hermitage Museum, Late 16th-19th Centuries, p.80, no.94 for a comparable vase.