Details A VERY RARE SMALL PAINTED ENAMEL STEM CUPQIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)The exterior is decorated with a continuous scene depicting European figures in an outdoor setting, all between a key fret border above and a diaper border below. The stem is decorated with blue downward lappets against a yellow ground above a green foliate border around the base.2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high Provenance Mallett, London, January 1925, as recorded in the RHRP ledgerThe Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 1 Literature M. Gillingham, Chinese Painted Enamels: an exhibition held in the [Ashmolean Museum] Department of Eastern Art, Oxford, 1978, cat. no 32 (Fig. 1) Exhibited Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, Chinese Painted Enamels, An Exhibition held in the Department of Eastern Art, June-July 1978 Conditions of sale