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A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL JARDINIERES
QING DYNASTY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
the deep round sides rising from a straight foot on
lipped foot rim, enameled on the exterior with four
medallions enclosing various pictorial scenes of pavilions
in mountainous landscapes, amidst stylized lotus blooms
borne on meandering scrolling stems against blue ground, in
between a band of ruyi heads along the rim and a lappet of
upright petals above the foot, all above a honeycomb floral
diaper band encircling the foot (2)
Diameter 14¼ in., 36.2 cm

$ 15,000-25,000

清十九世紀初 銅胎掐絲琺瑯開光山水圖花
盆一對

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PROPERTY FROM A CANADIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION This pair of jardinières was probably made for jade and
A PAIR OF CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL AND GILT- hardstone or cloisonné plants such as the pair sold in our
BRONZE JARDINIERES London rooms, 14th November 2000, lot 29, which were of
round form with champlevé enamel decorated with shou and
QIANLONG SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD wufu motifs.
each of hexalobed form, the deep rounded sides rising from Elaborately embellished life-like plants in ornate jardinières
a straight foot divided into conforming lobes and rising to (penjing) were made during Qing dynasty as interior
a flaring rim, the sides richly decorated in repoussé and decorations. Champlevé wares were manufactured in
cloisons with meandering leafy lotus scrolls, the blossoms, Guangzhou during the Qianlong period, as discussed in
leaves, and stems inlaid with polychrome enamels, all Tributes from Guangdong to the Qing Court, Art Gallery,
between a band of enameled upright petal lappets below and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1987,
a ruyi head border above, the base cast with a six-character p. 54, where the authors explain how the ‘flourishment of
seal mark within a double square (2) champlevé enamels in Guangzhou was closely linked to
Width of wider 9 in., 22.8 cm the needs of the imperial household and was stimulated by
the new foreign champlevé techniques’. Penjing plants with
PROVENANCE champlevé jardinières were also documented to have been
Canadian Private Collection, acquired before the mid-1990s, typically made in the Yangzhou area.
and thence by descent. Another related example sold in these rooms, 18th June
1980, lot 9. A similar one sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28th
May 2013, lot 2168. Identical cast Qianlong six-character
seal marks within a double square can be found on cloisonné
wares of the period.

$ 20,000-30,000

清乾隆 銅鏨胎琺瑯纏枝蓮紋盆景盆一對
《大清乾隆年製》款

來源
加拿大私人收藏，得於1990年代中期之前，此後家
族傳承

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