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A CINNABAR LACQUER CARVED PRUNUS-SHAPED
JARDINIÈRE
Qianlong
The fine five-lobed body carved with panels of scholars and sages
and their attendants within mountainous landscapes, all reserved on a
ground of scrolling lotus and acanthus leaves, supported on bracket
feet, the gilt-decorated brown-lacquered stand with a shaped apron
with floral designs in gilt, supported by scrolling cabriole legs with
ruyi terminals.
The jardinière 21.2cm (8 3/8in) wide. (2).
£4,000 - 6,000
CNY36,000 - 54,000
清乾隆 剔紅開光人物故事圖梅花式花盆

Provenance:
Parry Collection, London, and thence by descent

來源：
倫敦Parry家族收藏，並由後人保存迄今

Each of the five lobes is decorated with a cartouche enclosing a 五瓣梅花式造型。外壁以纏枝蓮及卷草紋為地，器身五面正中開光，
figural landscape scene. These include a figure of a sage followed by 內雕各式人物故事圖，每面人物皆為高士或仙人伴以侍童。童子手中
an attendant carrying a branch of lingzhi fungi, two scenes of sages 皆捧各式寶物，如靈芝、壽桃、花籃及書卷等。壽桃與靈芝均寓意長
with boys each carrying a large peach, a sage with a boy carrying 壽，花籃則為八仙之一藍采和之法器。製作者又匠心獨運，以不同的
a flower basket, and a sage with a boy carrying books. The peach 祥瑞樹種作各圖中山水景緻之邊框。
and lingzhi represent the wish for longevity, the flower basket may
be related to the Daoist Immortal Lan Caihe. To vary each scene, the 參考台北國立故宮博物院館藏藏一例清代剔紅五瓣式花盆。另有一
carver used different trees to frame the landscapes, including pine, 對清乾隆剔紅六瓣式花盆連座，器身以嬰戲圖為飾，售於香港佳士
paulownia and eucalyptus. 得，2003年10月27日，拍品編號786。

A related five-lobed carved cinnabar lacquer jardinière, Qing dynasty, is
in the collection of the the National Palace Museum, Taipei. Compare
with a pair of carved cinnabar lacquer six-lobed jardinières and wood
stands, Qianlong, but decorated with ‘boys at play’, which was sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 October 2003, lot 786.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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