A FINE AND RARE SMALL COPPER-RED 'SANDUO' WATERPOT, QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD | 清乾隆 釉裏紅折枝三多紋水盂 《大清乾隆年製》款
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November 6, 11:47 AM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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A FINE AND RARE SMALL COPPER-RED 'SANDUO' WATERPOT
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
清乾隆 釉裏紅折枝三多紋水盂 《大清乾隆年製》款
the slightly tapering sides rising from a recessed base to rounded shoulders and an incurved rim, finely painted around the sides with flowering and fruiting branches of the sanduo ('Three Abundances'), all between a band of ruyi scrolls to the rim and a lappet border around the foot, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue
Width 5.1 cm, 2 in.
This charming waterpot is unusual for its small size. Compare a closely related example included in the exhibition Zhongguo mingtao Riben xunhui zhan [Exhibition of famous Chinese ceramics touring Japan], Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo, 1992, cat. no. 211.
Compare also a waterpot of similar dimensions and painted with the sanduo motifs in doucai enamels, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 2nd May 1995, lot 144; and another painted in underglaze blue, sold at Christie’s London, 15th May 2007, lot 279.
本水盂獨特之處，在於其小巧精緻，比較一例，曾展於《中國名陶日本巡迴展》，日本橋高島屋，東京，1992年，編號211。
另比一例，飾鬪彩三多紋飾，售於香港蘇富比1995年5月2日，編號144；另一例飾釉下青花，售於倫敦佳士得2007年5月15日，編號279。