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PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN COLLECTOR This large vase is a rare example of a cloisonné enamel vessel adopting the
form and decoration of a famille rose enameled porcelain type. So-called
1009 ‘hundred deer’ vases are well known and much prized among the porcelains
A LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL PEAR-SHAPED ‘HUNDRED of the Qianlong reign. The porcelain examples have handles that are
DEER’ VASE, HU sometimes enamelled in iron red with gilt.
SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY Although the porcelain ‘hundred deer’ vases have only deer in a landscape
The sides are decorated with numerous deer amidst a grassy landscape setting, this cloisonné vase includes both deer and cranes. The deer
interspersed with trees and rocks above a band of multi-colored rocks that symbolize career advancement and long life, while the cranes are additional
form the foreground, all below cranes fying amidst clouds, and between a symbols of longevity.
band of lotus scroll encircling the foot and a ruyi border at the mouth rim.
27º in. (69.2 cm.) high 清十八世紀下半葉 掐絲琺瑯百鹿尊
$15,000-25,000
PROVENANCE
Christie’s New York, 19 March 2008, lot 355.
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