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A FINE AND LARGE FAMILLE ROSE ‘CHINESE HUNTING Although bowls depicting European hunt scenes were very popular
SCENE’ PUNCH BOWL in the West and frequently reproduced with varying degrees of
Qianlong period, circa 1740 accuracy some contemporaneous British (and other) engravings of
Boldly enameled all around the exterior with a continuous scene of fox-hunting scenes, it is very rare to find a domestic Chinese version
Chinese hunters on horseback, depicted in effect as large as the of that consuming rural passion extending to a representation of
bowl’s painting surface would accommodate, the primary figure in the animal-hunting in China. It is well known that the 18th century Imperial
continuous procession of equestrian sportsmen and servants being Court in China greatly valued and enjoyed hunting expedition in
an official wearing his recognizable official hat suspending a peacock- China. Indeed, hunting palaces such as the Northern one at Jehol
feather pendant, many of the other hunters laden with their bow and were maintained for the express purpose of giving members of the
arrow, and one carrying a rifle, all chasing visible deer and a rabbit, the Imperia Court and their retinues some good outdoors exercise and an
figures filling the space so densely from rim to base that no room is left opportunity to polish their martial skills by chasing a much wider range
for any border decoration. of wild game than was the tradition in Europe.
15 1/2in (39cm) diam
References: Osterley Park (National Trust), West London, an identical
$18,000 - 22,000 bowl.

乾隆時期 約1740年 粉彩《中國狩獵圖》潘趣酒碗
Published:
Cohen & Cohen, Tyger Tyger!, Antwerp, 2016, pp. 40-41, no. 17
出版：
倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行，《Tyger Tyger!》，安特衛普，2016年，
頁40-41，圖版編號17

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