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PROPERTY FROM THE QUEK KIOK LEE
COLLECTION
3146
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE
‘DAJI’ DOUBLE-GOURD WALL
PLAQUES
QIANLONG-JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820)
Each plaque is moulded as a flattened
double gourd vase supported on a
simulated wood stand and decorated with
a turquoise trompe l’oeil ribbon tied at the
waist. The upper and lower sections are
decorated with roundels enclosing the gilt
characters ‘da’ and ‘ji’, encircled by five bats
(wufu) in blue enamel reserved on a gilt
and coral-red diaper ground. The mouth
rim is surmounted by a large gilt bat. The
plaques are mounted on a lacquered frame
decorated with further bats in flight.
19 ¬ x 13 ¡ in. (50 x 34 cm.) (2)
HK$600,000-800,000
US$77,000-100,000

PROVENANCE
Acquired in Singapore, 25 November 1972
Compare the present lot to two nearly
identical plaques, both without the
carved lacquer frame: one sold at
Christie’s New York, 19-20 September
2013, lot 1414; and another from the
collection of Sir Quo-Wei Lee, sold at
Sotheby’s Hong Kong,
3 October 2018, lot 146.

清乾隆 / 嘉慶
粉彩描金綬帶福壽「大吉」葫蘆掛屏
一對
來源
1972 年 11 月 25 日購於新加坡
郭克禮珍藏

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