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LARGE SELLETTE EN LAQUE TIANQI ET QIANJIN À DÉCOR Notable for its elegant and sweeping form, the present stand is
D’UN DRAGON ET DE SON PETIT meticulously decorated with intricate floral designs and a central
XVIIIe siècle roundel containing a larger and smaller dragon. The motif of an adult
and young dragon seems to have been favoured particularly by the
A LARGE TIANQI AND QIANGJIN ‘DRAGON AND YOUNG’ Qianlong emperor and has been interpreted as conveying the message
LACQUER STAND of the father teaching his son the ways of life, and within the Imperial
18th century family, that of the emperor giving lessons to the prince.
Of near square section, the top colourfully decorated with a central
medallion of an adult dragon and young pursuing the flaming pearl Stands of similar form to the present example were used in both
above crashing waves and a gourd emanating lingzhi fungus shaped religious and secular contexts to hold incense burners or flower vases.
clouds with a bat in flight, framed by peony, lingzhi and lotus foliate These objects were designed with great attention to detail and form,
and key-fret scrolls, all framed by archaistic chi-dragon scrolls, the pleasing the eye from any angle. For a detailed discussion about the
rim with a key-fret above the waist with moulded relief decoration of form of incense stands, see S.Handler, Austere Luminosity of Chinese
foliate sprays above the beaded edge, supported on four cabriole legs Classical Furniture, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 2001, pp.295-302.
connected with splayed aprons and decorated with foliate sections
and relief-moulded leaf around each central edge terminating in a See a related but taller gilt polychrome lacquer ‘elephant’ incense
curled frond, decorated with continuous interlocking ruyi-heads and stand, 18th century, which was sold at Bonhams London, 16 May
flowers with further floral sprays along the legs, all raised on a slightly 2019, lot 75.
splayed base-frame with short supports.
68.1cm (26 3/4in) wide x 66.2cm (26 1/16in) deep x 50.6cm 十八世紀 填漆嵌金「蒼龍教子」香几
(19 15/16in) high.
來源：
€4,000 - 6,000 巴黎古董商盧芹齋（標籤）
巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏
Provenance: 巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏
C.T. Loo, Paris (Label)
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981)
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)

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