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A RARE AND LARGE BLUE AND WHITE JARDINIÈRE A RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LANÇA-CHARACTER’ STEM CUP
First half 18th century Qianlong seal mark and of the period
Of shallow rectangular section supported on four short bracket feet, Vividly painted around the steep flaring sides with eight lança
rising to an everted flange rim, painted in bright blue tones, the longer characters enclosed within undulating lotus stems issuing stylised
sides each with a magpie perching on a prunus branch amidst rock blossoms and acanthus leaves, the underside with a frieze of tightly-
and bamboo, the shorter sides with pine branch and lingzhi fungus bound lotus lappets, all raised on a tall spreading stem decorated
issuing from a rock, the rim decorated with a interlocking ‘T’-shaped with bands of half-flowerheads and floral sprays on a raised rib above
key-fret with a ruyi cloud to each corner, the interior left white and pendent interlinked tassels issuing from ruyi-heads, the interior with a
pierced with four holes for drainage, the base with a later stock stylised peony medallion within a double-line border repeated at the
number, hongmu wood stand, later liner. rim, the interior of the foot with the six-character zhuanshu seal mark.
47.7cm (18 3/4in) wide. (3). 14.5cm (1 3/4in) diam.

£4,000 - 6,000 £1,000 - 1,500
CNY36,000 - 54,000 CNY9,100 - 14,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

十八世紀上半葉 青花花鳥紋長方四足花盆 清乾隆 青花纏枝蓮托梵文高足盌
青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款
Provenance: a Western private collection
Provenance: Rugby School, Rugby, Warwickshire
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Christie’s London, 4 December 2018, lot 72
Exhibition, London, 2008, no.38
來源：英國華威郡，拉格比公學舊藏
來源: 西方私人舊藏 倫敦佳士得，2018年12月4日，拍品編號72

出版著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2008年， The present stem cup, inspired by Tibetan butter lamps or chang
編號38 ming deng, is remarkable for the superb painting in lighter and darker
tones of underglaze blue, simulating the ‘heaped and piled’ effect of
For a much shorter Qianlong example decorated with scrolling lotus, the early Ming dynasty’ imported cobalt blue. Also noteworthy is its
see J.Addis, Chinese Blue and White Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1975, unusually large size, measuring 14.5cm diam. and 13.5cm high, in
no.112. Note also a deeper example illustrated by Zhou Yuegang, comparison to the much smaller standard size of 8.5-10cm high. The
China’s Jingdezhen Porcelain through the Ages: Qing Dynasty, Beijing, Qing emperors publicly supported Tibetan Buddhism which brought
1998, pp.36-37. both political and (to varying extents) personal benefits, by ensuring
solidarity with Mongolian and Tibetan allies and providing personal

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