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PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A GILT-DECORATED FAMILLE-ROSE AND
UNDERGLAZE-BLUE ‘FLORAL’ WALL VASE
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG
the base with a horizontal six-character seal mark in iron red
Height 6 in., 15.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Property of a Gentleman.
Christie’s London, 10th May 2011, lot 293.
Delicately potted, the superb famille-rose drawing of peonies
and chrysanthemums in the central cartouche as well as
the gilt-decorated handles and the underglaze-blue lotus
scrolls combine various decorative techniques and boast
the masterful skill of the potter. Intricately designed wall
vases such as the present piece were introduced during the
Qianlong Emperor’s reign and were pleasantly enjoyed by
the Emperor himself. In a poem inscribed on one porcelain
wall vase, the Qianlong Emperor commented on the
pleasure provided by these vases when filled with flowers,
which allowed him to enjoy their fragrance while the ‘red
dust’ (cares of the world) could not reach him (see China.
The Three Emperors 1662-1795, Royal Academy of Arts,
London, 2005, pl. 445).
Similar in decorative style, compare a Qianlong marked ruby-
ground famille-rose wall vase, previously in the collection
of Samuel Putnam Avery Sr., now in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York (accession no. 79.2.815). See
another Qianlong mark and period wall vase of similar form,
710 decorated with chrysanthemums to the central cartouche
against a white ground with famille-rose scrolls, sold at
A RARE RUBY-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE 清乾隆 / 嘉慶 胭脂紅地粉彩梅花紋盌 Christie’s Hong Kong, 3rd June 2015, lot 3149.
‘PRUNUS’ BOWL
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG / JIAQING PERIOD 《慶宜堂製》款 ⊖ $ 80,000-120,000
the base with a four-character Qingyitang zhi hall mark in 來源
blue enamel within a double square 英國私人收藏 清乾隆 青花粉彩描金開光牡丹圖雙耳
Diameter 6⅝ in., 16.7 cm 壁瓶
倫敦邦瀚斯，2017年5月11日，編號173
PROVENANCE 《大清乾隆年製》款
British Private Collection.
Bonhams London, 11th May 2017, lot 173. 來源
紳士收藏
The hallmark, Qingyitang zhi, refers to the ‘Hall of Blessings
and Correctness’, and is associated with porcelains 倫敦佳士得2011年5月10日，編號293
produced during the Yongzheng to Jiaqing periods. For
a related famille-rose bowl with the same hallmark, but
decorated with a millefleur pattern reserved on a gold
ground, see one illustrated in The Complete Collection of
Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelains with Cloisonné
Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong Kong,
1999, pl. 184, where it is attributed to the Jiaqing period.
Compare a closely related Qingyitang hall marked bowl
of similar decoration, previously exhibited at the Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston and sold at Christie’s New York,
17th September 2010, lot 1487.
$ 30,000-50,000
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