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fig. 1 A pair of yangcai ‘hundred deer’ vases with blue-enamelled handles. Qianlong marks and period.
Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
ॱˏ ᪹̖㡲ǎ⌘⣐᧴ྐⳇ⡩Ⅾ㶏ബˏയǎ४⒤ᐅ೫ښḵ㡗ⳉިǎ
ෝറཽ૱ 1879-1945 - and now in the Seikadō Bunko Art Museum, ⧃ⳉ䢲ॱ⿉Ǘ㤔ࢦਕⳉ᪹ᕧ㡦⁅ᓣ㜒⒋̯⟞ǘ
is illustrated in the catalogue Seikadō zō Shinchō tōji. Keitokuchin ॱ㙼㦓 ⛷ⴽ 䢮ᖥ̺䣀 䢯ǐ ໝ ᕕ䢲
kanyō no bi Ǘ㤔ࢦਕⳉ ᪹ᕧ㡦⁅ᓣ㜒⒋̯⟞ǘ Qing porcelain
㪁ωૈྴ̷ᕍሠ֨ˏϡ̖㡲ⳇ⡩Ⅾ㶏ബ䢮ሠި⛷
in the Seikado collection - Beauty from the Imperial Kiln at
ⴽ 䢯ǐ
Jingdezhen), Tokyo, 2006, p. 68, no. 58. A further Qianlong deer
vase with blue handles was sold by Christie’s Hong Kong in May
ήಧ̖㡲Ⅾ㶏ബូབྷ૨ㅌ䢲ᕏັ⿉⡅㨫㛵㕹☽⡩䢲
2005, lot 2188.
ଫຆ㷓ωૈྴ ໝ ᕕ ᑽሠˏϡ䢲ሠި
There is considerable variety amongst extant Qianlong ‘hundred
ⴽ䢮ॱ̣䢯䢲۷ᕖഒഒᐪϡӏᕴሠި⧝㨫͠ⳇ⡩䢲
deer’ vases. The most frequently seen examples have red and
ґᕖᴰ⡩̃ηǐ͠ॱݸԘء⡊〕䢲て⓼ηި
gilt handles, such as the example sold at Christie's Paris, 13
December 2017, lot 98 (fig. 2); there is a small group with blue ⭷ກ㦧૯ǐॏ䢲㨫ⳇ⡩ⅲ˖̊̃ηീ᳦⑪֨䢲ॏ
handles, including the current vase, and occasional examples ᳦о˙ӆኽ̞⇂ܔⅲᾫῙྐᑃݸ㧰䢲⟰㶏൶
without handles. Both the layout of the design and the quality ᗆⅲΤ̷ˏុˏូǐ⩮で؟യ٫̺ᐅ೫Ǐ܀٫
of the painting are somewhat variable between the groups. It is
ᐅ೫Ǐڙ̺ښḵ㡗Ǐ㤔ࢦਕὊⳉ⧀ᕴሠި䢲ڭۿⅬ
significant, therefore, that the especially fine examples with blue
ή܍ϡⅲዟഘᆾଫ֨ˏ㎥䣁ߵˏⅲڈ׆ॼᑞ䢲⧀
handles all have the same enamels, painting style and disposition
of deer, trees and landscape. Careful comparison of the designs ٫̺Ǐ܀٫ݸڙ̺ⳉި⇂䢲ᕴሠިݸ㤔ࢦਕⳉި
on the Beijing Palace Museum, National Palace Museum, Nanjing 㟢ᆘᕒയ゠㢩㶏ⅲ㧐⨓䢲ଫⅭᕎ͞㈠⽤䢲ۥ̷̃
and Seikado vases with the current vase show identical depiction
ᵁǐ㡙̞ґḓ゠ዪ㧐⨓䢲ᆵᕖⳇ⡩⁄ⅲ⟰㶏Τ⧀
– the only difference being the occasional swapping of colours
㧰ⅳᴰ̣⦱ǐ
(white for russet, and vice versa) between some of the hinds on the
current vase and that in the Seikado collection when compared
ബ⼾㨫ⅲᾫῙྐᑃ⽖ҧ★⨑ǐѢྴˏዠⅲᒶ䢲
to the vases in Beijing, Taipei and Nanjing. The positions and
painting style of the deer are the same on all the blue-handled ٫̺೫ངⅲപᜬηওґḓᕒഩᾫῙྐᑃⅬྤᓣ㜒
vases, only the colours are occasionally exchanged. ྼ⒋䢲ܔᓁ᳦̑೫Շ❡⁅ηওϭᅠᾫῙྐᑃǐᒀᑞ
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