A Pair of Rare Early Chinese Canton Enamel Ladles/Spoons, Qianlong (1736-95)

Ref: W922

£ 3,300

Price is subject to availability and market conditions.

A pair of rare early Chinese Canton enamel ladles/spoons, Qianlong (1736-95), with gilt peacock-head terminals, the necks painted with peacock feathers, the interiors painted with pink bats and clouds with a central cloud motif, painted to the exteriors with peony and trailing foliage, the bases with with fruiting sprays

Dimensions:

Length: 10cm. (4 1/8in.)

Provenance:

Spink & Son. Purchased by the vendors in the 1960s. This piece was loaned by the vendors to be included in an exhibition of Chinese Painted Enamel at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford in 1978, curated by Michael Gillingham. See p.74 Item no. 92 ‘Pair of Ladles, with gilt phoenix head terminals, painted on the exterior with vine leaves and grapes in black on a pale lemon-yellow ground, the interiors with flowers on a lilac ground: L 4.50 Ch’ien-lung period’