Caption:
IMPORTANT SMALL SPITTOON WITH MEDALLION DECOR.
China. Milky glass painted with enamel (falang). A flared lip over a bulbous body on a straight foot ring. The body and the rim inside are painted with scattered and partly overlapped flower medallions. Borders with lotus tendrils decorate the foot ring, as well as the lower edge of the rim on the outside and the lip on the inside. On the outside of the rim, pairs of facing chi-dragons with leaf fans placed between them. Height 6.2cm, Ø 6.7cm. Underneath four-part Qianlong mark, possibly from the period. Condition A. Art trade, Van Ham.