Page 170 - Bonhams, Fine Chinese Art, London November 3, 2022

193

193 * 194 TP Y
A PAIR OF CARVED CINNBAR LACQUER AND METAL A LARGE WOODEN PAGODA-SHAPED CLOCK WITH ENGLISH
‘LANDSCAPE’ DISHES CLOCK MOVEMENT
Qianlong seal marks, 19th century Qing Dynasty
The dishes of canted square shape, similarly carved in mirror images The clock circa 1880-1900, with later implements, encased in well
with designs of a lakeside scene, each featuring a group of sages carved, possibly wood panels with foliate scrolls, supported on a
flanked by attendants walking along a fenced terrace, gazing at the balustraded terrace supported on bracket feet, four pillars carved with
mountainous scenery before them, defined by elegant pavilions nestled cloud scrolls rising to support the second tier with further ornately
amidst pine trees and jagged mountains, all on a diaper ground also carved balustrades, doors with latticework, and four smaller pillars
decorating the reverse interspersed with auspicious fruits and flowers, surmounted by a two-tier roof with upturned eaves carved with further
set with the apocryphal seal marks. cloud scrolls and bats, all surmounted by lotus-bud finial, the wood
Each 20cm (8in) square. (2). including chenxiangmu, zitan and other woods.
118cm (46 1/2in) high.
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY16,000 - 24,000 £25,000 - 35,000
CNY200,000 - 280,000
十九世紀 金屬胎剔紅亭台人物圖盤一對
「大清乾隆年製」篆書款 清 木製樓閣鐘 並英國機芯

Notable for their delicate carving, the present pair of dishes was Clocks in the form of pagodas and towers were popular in the
probably based on a prototype which was popular during the Ming Qianlong period, and there are several similar examples in the Palace
period. See, for example, a carved cinnabar lacquer ‘scholars’ dish, Museum in Beijing. See for example, a similar architectural clock
Ming dynasty, similarly shaped with canted corners and decorated with with similar structure, but with the Eight Immortals in the second
sages and attendant in a garden setting, illustrated in The Creation of tier, Qianlong, in the Qing Court Collection and illustrated in Gugong
Natural Immensity and Grandeur. The Yang Ming Shan Fang Collection zhongbiao, Beijing, 2004, p.60. Another clock in the form of a tower,
of Lacquer from Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Beijing, 2020, Qianlong, is also illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of
no.36. Compare with a pair of related lacquered brass square dishes, the Palace Museum: Scientific and Technical Instruments of the Qing
dated as Qianlong mark and period, similarly marked and shaped with Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1998, p.231, no.205.
canted corners and decorated with designs of figures in gardens, the
reverse with auspicious symbols on an intricate diaper ground, in the
BASF Lacquer Museum, Munster, illustrated by D.Clifford, Chinese
Carved Lacquer, London, 1992, p.129, pl.102.
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
168 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.