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A LARGE PAINTING OF PHEASANT AND FLOWERS
18th century
Ink and colour on silk, depicting a pheasant gazing down at it’s young
from atop a rocky knoll issuing blooming peonies and magnolia above,
glazed and framed.
157cm (61 7/8in) high x 86.6cm (34 1/8in) wide.

£5,000 - 8,000
CNY45,000 - 71,000

十八世紀 牡丹雛雞 設色絹本 鏡框

Provenance: Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de Marchio (1887 -
1968), Grand Officer of the Italian Crown, Commander of the Order
of St Maurice and Lazarus, and Commander of the Order of Pius
IX (Ordine Piano), and his wife Archduchess Maragaretha d’Austria
Toscana, Marchesa Taliani de Marchio (1894 – 1986).

來源：
佛朗西斯高•瑪利亞，塔里安利•得•馬基奧侯爵（1887-1968）
及馬加烈特•奧地利-托斯卡納女大公，塔里安利•得•馬基奧女侯爵
（1894-1986）伉儷收藏

Bird and flower paintings, such as the present lot, served to heighten
the sophistication of domestic interiors. The choice of plants and
birds is auspicious and political as well as seasonal. The pheasant
was a symbol of good fortune and often took the place of the phoenix
in symbolic decoration. Pheasants and birds in particular were also
connected to the ‘rank badges’ worn by the ten ranks of the civil
service; ‘rank badges’ with pheasants were worn by civil servants
of the second highest rank. The peony too was a symbol of wealth
and prosperity and is sometimes known as the ‘flower of riches and
honour’ (fugui hua 富貴花).

The motif of pheasant and peony with magnolias was typical of the
mid Qing period and can often be found on famille rose decoration.
See for example, a famille rose plate decorated with a similar
design of pheasant, peony and magnolia, Yongzheng, illustrated in
The Complete Collection of the Treasures of the Palace Museum:
Porcelains with Cloisonne Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose
Decoration, Shanghai, 2009, p.76, no.66.

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