A CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL FAMILLE ROSE TIBETAN-STYLE EWER QING DYNASTY The pear-shaped body...

A CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL FAMILLE ROSE TIBETAN-STYLE EWER

QING DYNASTY

The pear-shaped body painted with a tear-drop panel of angular scrolls against a bright turquoise ground with stylised lotus flowerheads and foliage, the spout and handle formed as a gilt-bronze head and tail of a dragon, all raised on a flared foot with a band of lappets and scrolls, 27cm.

Provenance: a Hong Kong private collection, purchased from Nicholas Pitcher, London on 3rd May 2007.