A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE AND COVER, JIAQING TO DAOGUANG PERIOD China, 1796-1851. The compressed globular body rising from a tall foot to a short cylindrical neck with everted rim, surmounted by a domed cover with a bud finial, the rims gilt. Finely decorated with colorful scrolling lotus above a lappet band and below a ruyi-head band. The shoulder and neck with bands of foliate scroll, the foot with geometric designs, all against a bright turquoise ground save for the dark-red-ground shoulder band.

Provenance: Collection of Asbjorn Lunde. Asbjorn Lunde (1927-2017) was a New York lawyer and devoted art collector. Over more than 60 years, he built a substantial collection featuring Old Masters, landscape paintings, prints, European sculpture, South Asian painting and sculpture, and Asian decorative arts. Throughout his life, Mr. Lunde supported more than forty museums in New York City, across the United States, and in Europe with loans, gifts, and funding. He was a Fellow and Benefactor at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Condition: Good condition with minor old wear and manufacturing irregularities, such as expected pitting. A shallow and small, hardly visible bruise to the body with associated flaking to enamels. The lower interior rim of the cover is bent. Few minuscule nicks and occasional light scratches.

Weight: 1,850 g
Dimensions: Height 26.4 cm

The cover similarly decorated with lotus scroll, below a black-ground band of similar design to the one at the foot, and above a ruyi-head band encircling the finial.

嘉慶至道光時期掐絲琺琅纏枝蓮紋蓋瓶
中國，1796-1851年。罐唇口，短直頸，豐肩圓腹，圈足。拱形瓶蓋，蓮花寶珠頂。景泰藍地，瓶蓋和瓶身施纏枝蓮紋，頸部卷葉紋，肩部如意紋。造型高貴典雅，製作精美。

來源：Asbjorn Lunde收藏。Asbjorn Lunde (1927-2017) 是一位紐約律師和忠實的藝術收藏家。 六十多年來，他建立了龐大的收藏，涵蓋古代大師、山水畫、版畫、歐洲雕塑、南亞繪畫和雕塑以及亞洲裝飾藝術。在他的一生中，他通過貸款、禮物和資金支持了紐約市、美國和歐洲的四十多家博物館。他是大都會藝術博物館的研究員和捐助者。 品相：狀況良好，有輕微的磨損和製造瑕疵，例如預期的點蝕。瓶身有一處淺而小、幾乎看不出的擦傷，並有琺琅剝落。 蓋子的下內緣是彎曲的。少量細小的刻痕和輕微劃痕。

重量：1,850 克
尺寸：高26.4 厘米