A SMALL CHINESE PAINTED ENAMEL TROMP L'OEIL JAR AND COVER, CHINA, 19TH-20TH CENTURY A SMALL CHINESE PAINTED ENAMEL TROMP L'OEIL JAR AND COVER, CHINA, 19TH-20TH CENTURY A SMALL CHINESE PAINTED ENAMEL TROMP L'OEIL JAR AND COVER, CHINA, 19TH-20TH CENTURY A SMALL CHINESE PAINTED ENAMEL TROMP L'OEIL JAR AND COVER, CHINA, 19TH-20TH CENTURY A SMALL CHINESE PAINTED ENAMEL TROMP L'OEIL JAR AND COVER, CHINA, 19TH-20TH CENTURY

A SMALL CHINESE PAINTED ENAMEL TROMP L'OEIL JAR AND COVER, CHINA, 19TH-20TH CENTURY

Reference: ART1002747

The jar is decorated with shaped panels enclosing lotus on a yellow ground with large scrolling flowers, all below a lappet band to the rim. The shoulder is decorated with a patterned ribbon tied at the front in an elaborate knot. The base is decorated with an apocryphal four-character Qianlong mark. The domed cover is similarly decorated and is surmounted by a gilt bronze ball finial.
12.2 cm.