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PAIRE DE PORTE-CHAPEAUX EN ÉMAUX CLOISONNÉS, JADE
ÉPINARD, JADE CÉLADON ET ZITAN
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, ÉPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
La tige, formée de trois éléments en émaux cloisonnés à décor de fleurs de
lotus et rinceaux feuillagés stylisés sur fond turquoise, est agrémentée dans
sa partie supérieure de cinq plaques polylobées ajourées en jade vert épinard
représentant des chauves-souris parmi les nuées. Cinq plaques ajourées
archaïsantes en jade céladon ornent la partie inférieure du porte-chapeau. La
base polylobée en zitan reposant sur cinq petits pieds galbés est délicatement
sculptée en léger relief de volutes archaïsantes.
Hauteur totale : 29,5 cm. (11v in.), socle en zitan (2)
€120,000-180,000 US$120,000-180,000
£110,000-160,000
PROVENANCE:
Previously from a French private collection, in the family since the late 19th
century.
A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL, SPINACH-GREEN JADE, CELADON
JADE AND ZITAN HAT STANDS
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
清Ү隆 碧玉ǃ青黃玉৺掐㎢琺琅紫檀座洪福齊天㌻冠架 а對
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⌅國家族私Ӫ舊藏ˈ於十九ц紀末入藏

The Qianlong Emperor appears to be a great admirer of the skill that was
required to create sophisticated pieces that were reticulated or richly carved.
During the Qianlong period, a great variety of materials were used for
decorative pieces such as jade, cloisonne enamels or precious wood.
Hat stands were, therefore, ideal media for craftsmen to display their virtuosity.
See a hat stand placed in side the Sanxitang, 'The Studio of the Three Rarities',
in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, seen in situ in a photograph illustrated by Hu
Chui, The Forbidden City, Collection of Photographs, 1995, p. 57.
Compare to an almost identical celadon and spinach green jade and cloisonne
enamel hat stand, in the collection of the Palace Museum of Beijing, under the
number Gu00089882 (fig.1.).
See an imperial greenish-white jade reticulated Qianlong hat stands, sold at
Christie's Hong Kong, 28 May 2021, lot 2722.

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(fig.1.). The Palace Museum of Beijing.