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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
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A RARE RUBY-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE ‘BAJIXIANG’ EWER, The present ewer is modeled on traditional Tibetan ritual ewers (penba
PENBA HU hu) produced in metal, which were reinterpreted in porcelain at the
Qianlong seal mark, Republic period imperial kilns of the 18th century. A number of Qianlong seal mark
The globular body supported on a domed foot and surmounted by and period ewers of this type have been preserved in the collection
a shaped neck and angled disc-form mouth, one side set with a of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, including an example with a
S-form spout emerging from a beast mask, the body painted in vibrant royal blue ground, one with a ‘clair de lune’ ground, and another with a
famille-rose enamels with scrolling lotus amidst beribboned bajixiang yellow ground (coll. nos 中瓷004675, 中瓷004672, and 中瓷004677,
all against a raspberry-colored ground, the scrolling lotus repeated respectively). For a Qianlong seal mark and period example with a
at the foot, stem, rim, and spout, decorative polychrome and gilt ruby ground, see one sold first by J. T. Tai & Co. in 1963, and later at
bands dividing each register, the interior of the mouth, spout, and foot Christie’s, New York, 28 March 2006, lot 173.
enameled turquoise, the base centered with square reserve enclosing
a six-character Qianlong mark in iron red.

7 3/4in (19.7cm) high
$8,000 - 12,000
Provenance:
French Private Collection, until circa 2010, by repute

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