A Rare Chinese Cloisonné Revolving Vase

A Rare Chinese Cloisonné Revolving Vase, Qing dynasty, 2nd half 18th century, 31cm. Cast in three sections with a cylindrical water receptacle joining at the neck. The ovoid body has four gilded openwork panels each with a dragon and phoenix amidst abundant peony and scrollwork set against a turquoise ground decorated with a formal stylized lotus scroll. The rim and shoulder have scalloped rims, the foot, a champlevé band of lappets. The internal section is also decorated with stylized lotus, but against a white ground. Drilled at the base and with damage to the rim. A later wood stand, 36.5cm overall. (4) Provenance A Scottish private collection, purchased in the 1950s. Catalogue note Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, vol.43, p.169, no.161. for a related example; and also, Chinese Cloisonné, The Clague Collection, p.126, pl.58 for a closely related pair of revolving vases, see also the Freer Gallery of Art, Ichina, pl.102. and A.J. Koop, Bronzes and Cloisonne Enamel in Chinese Art, pl.XIX.