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                                                                                                                                                PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION  清乾隆   洋彩胭脂紅地軋道開光御題詩
                                                                                                                                                AN IMPERIALLY INSCRIBED RUBY-GROUND       壁瓶
                                                                                                                                                SGRAFFIATO ‘YANGCAI’ WALL VASE
                                                                                                                                                QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD             題識:
                                                                                                                                                                                          無礙風塵遠路 載將齊魯芳春 本是大邑雅制 卻為武
                                                                                                                                                with an imperial poem in clerical script (lishu) followed by   帳嘉賓
                                                                                                                                                two iron-red seals Qian and Long, later-added gilt-bronze
                                                                                                                                                mounts                                    宿雨朝煙與潤 山華野卉常新 每具過不留意 似解無能
                                                                                                                                                Height 8⅞ in., 22.5 cm                    所因 乾隆戊辰春月御題
                                                                                                                                                                                          印文:
                                                                                                                                                PROVENANCE
                                                                                                                                                                                          乾 隆
                                                                                                                                                French Private Collection.
                                                                                                                                                Wall vases like the present piece were produced for the   來源
                                                                                                                                                imperial court to adorn the interiors of sedan chairs   法國私人收藏
                                                                                                                                                and palace rooms. Today, they can be seen in situ in the
                                                                                                                                                Sanxitang (Hall of Three Rarities), the Qianlong Emperor’s
                                                                                                                                                studio in the Forbidden City, Beijing.
                                                                                                                                                As noted in the inscription, the poem on the present vase
                                                                                                                                                was composed by the Qianlong Emperor in the wucheng year
                                                                                                                                                (1748) and is included in the Qianlong yuzhi shiji (Imperial
                                                                                                                                                Compositions of Qianlong). He wrote this poem whilst
                                                                                                                                                in Shandong visiting Mount Tai and the Confucius family
                                                                                                                                                mausoleum in Qufu.
                                                                                                                                                A wall vase with identical design and inscription was sold at
                                                                                                                                                Christie’s London, 12th July 2005, lot 162. Compare another
                                                                                                                                                wall vase of similar form, inscribed in clerical script with a
                                                                                                                                                Qianlong imperial poem composed in 1742, in the Sir Percival
                                                                                                                                                David Foundation of Chinese Art, London (accession no.
                                                                                                                                                PDF,A.807).
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