Ballflower Box

FALANGCAI ENAMEL 珐琅彩 ON A COPPER BASE.

QING PERIOD 1644 to 1911

A superb circular Ballflower box. The cover finely painted in famille rose enamels on a white ground with flower balls and small florets.
The centre a large pale rose pink flower with leaves.
Inside the box a magnificent myriad of differing flower heads and blooms in a profusion of colours and tones to tantalise and please the eye.
The foot of circular shape, a Black Enamel Four Character Qianlong Period Mark set against a white ground.

Formerly the property of a Japanese collector.

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Condition: Excellent no losses
Dimensions are maximum measurements
Width about : 10.1 cm
Depth about : 4.2 cm

A$5,500

Ref:
Cambi Austioners Italy .
Fine Chinese Works of Art / Auction 0444 - wed 22 January 2020 Lot 290 . Sold Euros 39,000

Sotheby's Hong Kong 7 April 2015 lot 3612 similar ball flower design on a much smaller lobed box. Sold HK$625,000

A nearly identical design and shaped box. Christies New York 20 Sept 2005 lot 122

A nearly identical box listed in Sotheby's past sales. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Lot 1541 Estimated 700,000 to 900,000 HK$

The art of enamelling was introduced to the Chinese Court in the Kangxi era 1654 to 1722, by the Jesuit Guiseppe Castiglione (Lan Shining).
Falangcai 珐琅彩 items such as snuff bottles, boxes, vases and more are considered by many collectors as one of the finest of all Chinese Arts. The enamelling process was of such a difficult nature, that much was lost in production.