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A PAIR OF PAINTED ENAMEL ‘BIRD The inclusion of a four-character reign mark Related enamel wares with Qianlong marks
AND FLOWER’ BOWLS inscribed in on a double-peach sprig is more inscribed on fruit include two pairs sold in these
commonly found on Yongzheng period enamel rooms, the # rst pair, painted with pheasants, on
QIANLONG MARKS AND PERIOD
wares, which may suggest an early Qianlong 5th November 1944, lot 20 and the second, with
each with deep rounded sides rising from a period attribution for the present bowls. A composite ! oral scrolls, on 1st June 1993, lot
straight foot to a broadly ! aring mouth and Yongzheng painted enamel zhadou in the Qing 99. A third example, painted with spotted deer,
galleried rim, # nely enameled around the court collection inscribed with the mark on a was included in the exhibition Chinese Painted
exterior with bird and ! ower scenes, one with double-fruit motif, is illustrated in The Complete Enamels of the 18th Century, Chinese Porcelain
two magpies perched on blossoming prunus Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Company, New York, 1993, cat. no. 11.
branches, the other with a long-tailed bird Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, Hong Kong, 2002, Emile Goubert was a forensic doctor who lived in
perched on a rose branch grasping an insect in pl. 191; a painted enamel bowl with a related China in the second half of the 19th century and
its beak before two young chicks, all framed by Yongzheng mark is illustrated in Hugh Moss, amassed a large collection of Chinese art.
borders of feathery scrollwork, the interior with By Imperial Command, Hong Kong, 1976, pl. 18;
a vibrant arrangement of Buddha’s hand citron, and a ruby-back famille-rose cup also bearing a $ 40,000-60,000
rose, dianthus, chrysanthemum and Chinese similar mark, is illustrated in John Ayers, The Baur
chestnut, encricled by a broad band beneath Collection, vol. IV, Geneva, 1974, pl. A600, where ৻ඤ ზߣڀྡұ໐䋘ɓ࿁
the rim with shaped cartouches enclosing rose, it is suggested that Yongzheng marks on peaches ৻ඤϋႡಛ
prunus and day lily, reserved on a pink diaper were commissioned for imperial birthdays. Ը๕
ground, with a further band of scroll work, the Emile Goubert ͛1852 ϗᔛ
base with the four-character black-penciled reign
mark inscribed on a fruiting sprig of two peaches,
the rims gilt (2)
Diameter 6½ in., 16.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Emile Goubert (b. 1852).
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