A duo of ‘Qianlong’ objects inspired by China’s archaic past emerge at regional sales
This blue and white ewer with a Qianlong mark offered at Cheffins (24.5% buyer’s premium) in Cambridge as part of an Interiors sale is of a type modelled on a Zhou bronze ritual wine vessel or 'he'.
It is decorated with stylised lotus blossom and the Bajixiang, the eight Buddhist emblems in order…