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A TURQUOISE-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE ‘LANDSCAPE’ WALL The present wall vase is expertly painted in jewel-toned enamels with
VASE a classical landscape centering the composition and a European
Qianlong period subject at the neck, all framed by turquoise and gilt details in relief on
Modeled as a flattened baluster vase supported on a spreading foot the principal sides, and an enameled faux marble pattern at the foot
and rising to a trumpet neck set with mask-form loop handles, the and reverse. This combination of indigenous and foreign motifs, the
body with a reserved panel enclosing a landscape in springtime, highly nuanced tonalities, and the inclusion of trompe l’oeil patterns
the grassy riverside knolls with blossoming trees and shrubs amidst even on the sides that are rarely seen, are all emblematic of the tastes
blue rocks, white-painted houses, and distant mountains, the and technical virtuosity of the Qianlong period (1736-1795). Compare
reserved panel at the neck with a European man standing in a similar a wall vase of this type, but with boys and immortals in the reserved
setting and holding a small vase at his chest, his long, curly red hair panels, sold at Christie’s, London, 18 June 2003, lot 141; and another
contrasting with the lime-green jacket, all set against a turquoise- of this type but of squatter proportions and bearing an image of a
enameled ground densely patterned with tiny raised bosses and woman and child in the central panel, sold in our Knowle rooms, 19th
accented with gilt florets and scrollwork also in relief, the base and April 2011, lot 510. The same techniques and aesthetics were used for
verso enameled in sepia and grisaille tones with a faux marble pattern, a Qianlong seal mark and period brushpot sold at Christie’s, New York,
the verso with a recessed notch and four apertures for suspension. 18 September 2014, lot 964, and on a box and cover sold in the same
rooms, 21 March 2013, lot 1565.
7in (17.8cm) high
$4,000 - 6,000

Provenance:
Sara Fredericks (1903-1986), likely acquired in the 1960s in New York,
thence by descent

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