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A DOUCAI ‘LOTUS AND CHRYSANTHEMUM’ 清乾隆 鬪彩番蓮團菊紋蓋罐
JAR AND COVER
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD 《大清乾隆年製》款
the finely potted ovoid body rising from a tapered foot to
a rounded shoulder and an upright rim, embellished to the
exterior with roundels enclosing pairs of red and yellow
blooming chrysanthemum against leafy green grounds,
alternating with lotus in red and yellow enamels borne on
undulating leafy scrolls, all between bands of ruyi heads, the
flat-topped cover similarly decorated to the centre with a
chrysanthemum medallion, the sides adorned with four leafy
lotus, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze
blue
(2)
Height 11.9 cm, 4¾ in.
‡ £ 60,000-80,000

Jars of this form painted in the subtle doucai palette
with floral roundels, were inspired by porcelain ware
made in the Chenghua period (r. 1465-1487). While no
original example of this exact design appears to have
been recorded, roundels of chrysanthemum are well
known on Chenghua mark and period bowls and cups,
such as a bowl excavated from the waste heaps of the
Ming imperial kilns at Jingdezhen, illustrated in Imperial
Porcelains from the Reign of Chenghua in the Ming
Dynasty II, Beijing, 2016, pl. 155, together with a cup, pl.
179.
A closely related jar and cover, in the National Palace
Museum, Taipei, is illustrated in Catalogue of Ch’ing
Dynasty Porcelain, vol. 2, Tokyo, 1981, pl. 24; another
in the Nanjing Museum, is published in The Official Kiln
Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003,
pl. 224; a pair in the Tianjin Museum, is illustrated in
Porcelains from the Tianjin Municipal Museum, Hong
Kong, 1993, pl. 177; and a further pair is published in Min
Shin no bijutsu [Ming and Qing Art], Tokyo, 1982, pl. 170.

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