Of circular form, resting on a short foot, with a myriad of flowers medallions decoration, fully-colored on a turquoise ground and gilt “wan”, enhanced with a “ruyi” band on the circumference. Little shock on the base. The interior blue-enamelled.
The art of the enamels came in China during the Yuan dynasty in the 14th century, but it’s under the “Jingtai” emperor reign (1449-1457) that the ‘cloisonnés’ became famous with the discovery of a new pigment, so much that 300 years later, the “Jingtai” apocryphal mark will continue to be affixed. Besides, the popular language regardlessly name the enamels “jingtailan” 景泰蓝 (blue of Jingtai).
Although these objects are partly ‘characterized’ by bronzes, the structure material is copper; generally red copper for the Qing productions, in particular during the 18th century, and yellow copper (brass) under the Ming dynasty until the 17th century…