PAIRE DE COUPES SUR PIÉDOUCHE EN BRONZE DORÉ ET ÉMAUX CLOISONNÉSMarques et époque Qianlong（1736-1795）A RARE PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL STEM CQianlong six-character marks and of the periodWith deep wide c raised on a splayed foot, decorated around the exteriors in vibrant tones of blue, red and yellow with two pairs of archaistic dragons centering on a stylisedshou character, the foot decorated with small flowerheads issuing leafy tendrils, all on a turquoise ground, the bases and interiors gilt, each base with an incised six-character mark within a double square.Each 7.9cm (3 1/8in) diam. (2).Provenance: 清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯夔龙團壽紋高足杯「大清乾隆年製」楷書款Few 18th century cloisonné enamel stem c are known. See a stem cup of the same shape and design, also bearing a six-character Qianlong mark to the base, in the Uldry Collection, published in Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz,Chinese Cloisonné. The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York and Zurich, 1989, fig.262 and 262a. Three further cloisonné stem c of different forms and sizes, all with Qianlong marks, in the collection of the Palace Museum, illustrated in Palace Museum (ed.),Compendium of Collections of the Palace Museum. Enamels, 2, Cloisonne in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Beijing, 2011, , 276 and 278.