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VASE ARCHAISANT EN PORCELAINE A DECOR ROUGE DE FER,
FANGHU
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE A SIX CARACTERES EN CACHET The hu shape is an archaistic bronze form which was avidly copied in ceramic
EN BLEU SOUS COUVERTE ET EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795) during the Qianlong period. On the present lot, as on other comparable pieces,
Reposant sur un petit pied légèrement évasé, il imite la forme d'un bronze the emulation of the bronze prototype is further exemplified by the suspended
archaïque fanghu. Sa panse est à décor de pivoines épanouies parmi des ring handles which are interpreted as integral with the body on the ceramic
rinceaux feuillagés, le col et le pied ornés d'une frise de pétales stylisés. Il est vases.
flanqué par deux têtes d'éléphant tenant chacun un anneau formant les anses ;
petite restauration à la base. See a fanghu vase decorated with confronting phoenix and bearing a Qianlong
Hauteur: 22,5 cm. (4 in.)
mark, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Blue
€20,000-30,000 US$24,000-35,000 and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), The Complete Collection of
£19,000-27,000 Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2000, pl. 176.
A COPPER-RED DECORATED ARCHAISTIC VASE, FANGHU See a closely related copper-red decorated 'bats and clouds' cong vase, also
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN bearing a Qianlong six-character mark, from the W.W. Winkworth collection,
UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
sold in Christie's Hong Kong, 26 November 2014, lot 3262. Also see a Ming-
清乾隆 釉裏紅纏枝牡丹紋方壺 六字篆書款 style copper-red decorated Qianlong meiping vase, sold in Christie's Hong
Kong, 1 December 2009, lot 1887.
來源: 法國私人舊藏
PROVENANCE:
Previously from a French private collection.

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