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A RARE PAIR OF CARVED
CINNABAR LACQUER ‘DA JI’
DOUBLE-GOURD FORM VASES
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each vase is well carved on the upper and lower body
with four circular medallions, those on the upper body
enclosing the character da, those on the lower body
the character ji, reserved on a diaper ground within
a ruyi-head border surrounded by a dense ground of
lotus scroll and the bajixiang, Eight Buddhist Emblems,
the waist encircled by a green-lacquered, ‘ribbon’ tied
in bows at the sides, all between pendent scroll-filled
blades below the mouth and on the spreading foot.
12¡ in. (31.6 cm.) high, wood stands (2)
HK$1,800,000-2,600,000
US$240,000-340,000
PROVENANCE
Collection of Colonel P-L (1826-1896)(by repute)
Sold at Mathias & Oger-Blanchet, Paris, 9 December
2019, lot 58
Compare with a pair of nearly identical vases sold at
Christie’s New York, 20 September 2002, lot 171.
清乾隆 剔紅綬帶大吉葫蘆瓶一對
來源
P-L 法國海軍上校 (1826-1896) 舊藏 ( 傳 )
Mathias & Oger-Blanchet,巴黎,2019 年 12 月 9 日,
拍品 58 號
近似的剔紅大吉葫蘆瓶多無綬帶,本對瓶相當罕見。比較
2002 年 9 月 20 日紐約佳士得拍賣近似一對,拍品 171 號。