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A DOUCAI 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' JAR AND COVER
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
清乾隆 鬥彩團菊紋蓋罐 六字篆書款
The exterior of the jar is fnely painted with chrysanthemum roundels
interspersed with stylised foliate scrolls. The top of the cover is similarly
decorated with a single chrysanthemum medallion.
4Ω in. (11.6 cm.) high
£80,000–120,000 $120,000–170,000
€92,000–140,000
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2008, lot 2636
來源:
香港蘇富比2008年10月8日拍賣, 拍品2636號
The decoration on the current jar is a Qing adaption of a design of medallions
of chrysanthemums and butterfies seen on Chenghua jars, such as the
jar from the Qing Court collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection
of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains in Polychrome and
Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong 1999, pl. 166.
Several similar examples of doucai jars of Qianlong mark and period have
been published, including a jar and cover in the National Palace Museum
in Taipei, published in Catalogue of Ch’ing Dynasty Porcelain in the National
Palace Museum vol. II, Beijing, 1981, pl. 24; a pair of jars and covers in
Porcelains from the Tianjin Municipal Museum, Hong Kong, 1993, pl. 177; and
another pair in Min Shin no Bijutsu, Osaka, 1982, pl. 170.

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