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A PAIR OF CORAL-RED GROUND GILT- ᪺̗㡳 Ὀῇ☾঄㕺ྑᇽᗌⰉ♄९⯰↥ːര
DECORATED CIRCULAR BOXES AND COVERS ዠ㕺ᑝᙌौಧ╌ᕋᢎ
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN GILT WITHIN
SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) ϝᬝ
⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
Each domed cover is decorated in gilt with a central florette head
surrounded by leafy lotus scroll, the box is decorated with same
ᆄ㮱⸌卿஋௛⏁卿ം⡚஠ᓼ㞖ࡷᐙ៨⸥⡠卿ݤᙼ៏⒢⣔㞏卿
design on the exterior, and the interior is enamelled turquoise.
஄㑷卿ᄓ㞖ᆭᙹᡨ❨ᝧǸԳ㪏ჺㅳǹ᪪ǯ
Each 4 ¿ in. (10.5 cm.) diam. (2)
HK$1,500,000-2,600,000 US$200,000-330,000 Ⅴ⇣⡚ᕉ㜩㞖ᆭ⡠㱈㖅അ㇦ᙻૃጻ㙣ݏᛞឆ卿Գ㪏׾ຽ㬳჎☮
ཐǯजࣻ⩠Ӭ։Գ㪏Ⅴ⇣⡚㞏ᓼ㞖ᇙ㯪㉼ⴵ≓⏎卿ᄓ㛑ᝧ⯝ទ
PROVENANCE ᐽ৅㬳჎⏟ַ⎏୨ໃᓼ㞖❨ᝧ᪪ǯՔजࣻ⩠Ӭ։Ⅴ⇣⡚஠㞖ᆭ
Sold at Christie’s New York, 24 April 1987, lot 67
⶿⼕଍卿໸ჺԳ㪏卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ⡥⡙צ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅
The combination of coral-red and gilt decoration is more ⽚ǯ
commonly seen on porcelains from the Jiaqing and Daoguang
period, Qianlong examples are very rare. Compare to a coral- ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦Ӭ։⯝ទᐽ৅⡠㱈⏟ַԠૃጻ᪪⸌⏁卿㖊ᙻ
enamelled chrysanthemum-shaped dish inscribed with an Ƕᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ᙔ⁒Ⅷ৅ഌ⡑ 㫓㞏ᆭǮ⡵ӲᆭǷ卿ӳᱡ卿
Imperial poem, bearing a very similar gilt four-character
Qianlong mark, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 October ჺ卿⤔⽚ ǯ
2002, lot 604. Compare also to a coral-ground gilt-decorated
double-gourd vessel, dating to the Qianlong period, sold at
Christie’s New York, 26 March 2003, lot 271.
For a Jiaqing box and cover with similar decoration from the
Palace Museum Collection, see Miscellaneous Enamelled
Porcelains and Tricoloured Porcelains, The Complete Collection
of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Shanghai, 2009, no. 171.

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