bottle BM-1936-0413.46

Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1736-1795
Materials:metal, enamel,
Technique:painted
Subjects:bird,flower
Dimensions:Height: 12.40 centimetres

Description:
Small vase of metal decorated in Beijing enamels with mallow flowers and quails.
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Comments:Rawson 1992:The delicately painted decoration parallels that on early 18th-century overglaze enamelled porcelain. These pieces are in Chinese taste, although many pieces of painted enamel were later made in Western shapes and designs for export. Quail and millet are a pun for “sui sui ping an” 歲歲平安 (everlasting peace year after year). Zhang Rong 10-07-2012