Small enameled conch-form palette. The small palette is molded as a conch, with curvilinear ridges glazed in a speckled brown to imitate the spiraled shell, and the interior glazed in white, all raised on three small multicolored conch-form feet. Four-character Qianlong mark in iron red and period. China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795) (L. cm 8) on a carved and perforated leaf-shaped wood base (slight defects) For a comparison with a similar model see: Lotto 1035, Christie’s Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Auction 20719, 23 September 2022