Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
A FAMILLE-ROSE AND GILT-DECORATED TURQUOISE-GROUND 'LOTUS' JARDINIERE, QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
Auction Closed
September 23, 08:35 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A FAMILLE-ROSE AND GILT-DECORATED TURQUOISE-GROUND 'LOTUS' JARDINIERE
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
清乾隆 松石綠地粉彩描金番蓮紋長方花盆 《大清乾隆年製》款
of rectangular form with canted corners, the deep straight sides raised on a short, tapered foot, brightly enameled around the exterior with stylized lotus blossoms issuing exuberant scrolling stems laden with flowers and peaches, the polychrome designs bordered with gilt outlines, all reserved on a turquoise ground, the rim with a band of gilt keyfret against an iron-red ground, the interior and base enameled turquoise, the base with a gilt six-character seal mark in a single line within a white rectangular cartouche
Length 10⅛ in., 25.7 cm
Christie's New York, 6th May 1980, lot 117.
New York Private Collection.
來源
紐約佳士得1980年5月6日，編號117
紐約私人收藏
The present jardinière belongs to a group of vessels commissioned by the Qianlong Emperor (1736-1795) in imitation of cloisonné enamel. The Qianlong Emperor was particularly fond of cloisonné work, which he revived on a grand scale after it fell out of favor under his predecessor, the Yongzheng Emperor (1722-1735). Cloisonné was imitated not only on enameled porcelain, as seen on the present jardinière, but even on enameled copper, where the 'cloisons' separating the enamels were replaced by finely painted golden lines.
See a pair of nearly identical jardinières from the Edward.T. Chow Collection, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 19th May 1981, lot 596. Compare also a pair of slightly smaller jardinières decorated with dragons confronting lotus, sold twice at Christie's, first in Hong Kong, 1st November 2004, lot 1150, and then in London, 13th May 2008, lot 251.