Lot description
THIS IS A PREMIUM LOT. CLIENTS WHO WISH TO BID ON PREMIUM LOTS ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE THE PREMIUM LOT PRE-REGISTRATION 3 WORKING DAYS PRIOR TO THE SALE. a technical masterpiece, the cylindrically-shaped body divided into three section by three horizontal gold bands cast with scrolling floral scrolls, each flower head set with a semi-precious stone including coral, turquoise, and lapis lazuli, the mouth rim finished with a double-banded cusped crown similarly decorated, the gold curved upright spout rising from the open mouth of a dragon, set opposite the S-curved spout issuing from the mouth of a dragon terminating with a scaly up-turned fish tail, each register inset with three gold framed cartouches of various shapes finely painted in Beijing enamel on a gold body, depicting genre scenes of ladies and boys in domestic settings, a shepherdess with her flock, roses, peonies, chrysanthemums and hibiscus with garden rocks, and an idylic landscape, each scene further accented with two or three short gold 'veins' running through the picture, all reserved against a turquoise cloisonné ground with dense scrolling flowers, the hinged domed cover set with a large coral bead finial, the four-character reign mark written kaishu script in a horizontal gold cartouche along the short ring foot
