A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL CYLINDRICAL VESSEL OR SCROLL-END CAP

A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL CYLINDRICAL VESSEL OR SCROLL-END CAP
18TH CENTURY

Decorated with four archaistic mythical beast masks, set with four vertical bamboo-shaped flanges, all reserved on a dark blue ground, 218g, 6.8cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.

The design is curious in that the masks appear to be upside down so the purpose of this item is unclear. It is possibly a scroll end.

十八世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯饕餮紋瓶
來源：英國薩克塞斯郡私人收藏。