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fig. 6 Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei fig. 7 Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
ॱՍ ४⒤ᐅ೫ښḵ㡗ⳉި ॱˑ ४⒤ᐅ೫ښḵ㡗ⳉި

those on the current vase are a pair of vases in the collection of the National ᳦͞ ໝǐ۷ᕖˏϡᑜ⁄䢲Ւ൶᥅₝
Palace Museum (illustrated Stunning Decorative Porcelains from the Ch’ien- ๼˙⇂˖˗䢲΢❡ोಮ㟚Բ⡊㤖㐞ᓣ൶
lung Reign, op. cit., pp. 159-161, no. 52) (fig. 5). These vases are decorated
᥅䢲⣎ᓣ᳦᪨♞ץঃ㚙♃䢲ॱ⿉ע㏽⮏η
overall with landscapes, without any coloured background. They bear
㦓 ⛷ⴽ 䢮ॱՍ䢯ǐᑜ⁄㟚Բ
landscapes depicting scenes of the imperial gardens, and also inscriptions
Շ܍㧍ˏ㩾̖㡲たη䢲ᑚ᳦͞ ໝ䢲
of poems by the Qianlong Emperor written in 1735. On the basis of archival
ॏ᳦̖㡲ډˏໝ䢮ՌԬ ໝ䢯ډˏᕕ
material, the authors of the National Palace Museum catalogue believe that
these vases date to 1742. Comparably well-painted landscapes depicting the ̣ډˑᑽ᪹᠒ዠ׍䣀Ǚ૱↰཯㐭ᕧϜを䢲
four seasons in panels – as opposed to encircling panoramas – can be seen ૱↰⣠ˠҡ̵᧴ྐ☽㚙ঃ᧴⩇൶᥅たჍᑜ
on a square vase (illustrated ibid., pp. 162-165, no. 53) (fig. 6) reserved against ⁄ˏയǐҷᑿ䣀⮏㔌ٴ↪⼾䢲Ն̖᪹೫̖
a sgraffiato deep rouge enamel ground. Each of the panels bears a Qianlong 㡲ᢍ⌘ࣰՇǐᢌ᢬ǐǚ
poem and the vase is believed to date to 1746, as on the twenty-seventh day of
the eleventh month of the eleventh year of the Qianlong reign [1746] records
४⒤ᐅ೫ഹᕖˏϡᑚ᳦͞ ໝⅲἲ․
note that the eunuch Hu Shijie presented a pair of yangcai red sgraffiato-
㎢࿘⁄䢲㨫८ྋ㟚Բोಮ൶᥅ॱ⧀㧍た䢲
ground square vases with poems, landscapes and Western-style flowers,
Ւ₝๼ܔ⓼★᫺䢲ॱ⿉ע㏽⮏η㦓
and the Emperor decreed: ‘Have a fitted box made and place the vases in
the Qianqing gong (Palace of Heavenly Purity) alongside the other Qianlong- 䢮ॱˑ䢯ǐてϡ૥൬㝀⑤ⅲ㒴Ͱ䢲˖
marked porcelains.’ ˗঑㨫᪨♞ץঃ㚙♃ǐ˖㏽܍ϡЦ⟇̖㡲
㤍⩇Սದ╋ᕊᢍ䢲ូབྷ⧀ᕴሠިˏ⧝ᴰ
̖㡲ډˏໝ䢮1746䢯
̣ǐᵁ⡊䢲₝๼ଫ᢬ω଻ⅲ൶᥅ॱ᜴➱䢲
̖᪹೫ډˏᕕ̣ډˑᑽ䢲“ ૱↰཯㐭ᕧϜを૱↰⣠ˠҡ̵᧴ྐ☽㚙ঃ᧴⩇൶᥅たჍ
㨫㐞ᓣ൶᥅ݸྼ⽖たⅲ᧴ྐ⁄ᕇᒶۿ㐻⡊
ᑜ⁄ˏയǐҷᑿ䣀⮏㔌ٴ↪⼾䢲Ն̖᪹೫̖㡲ᢍ⌘ࣰՇǐᢌ᢬ǐ”
˙ۿᥒǐ
Similarly-fine landscape roundels depicting the four seasons with poetic
inscriptions can also be seen on a double-walled vase in the National Palace
ᕴ⁄ᒀໝ᳦ᘉḓ䢮) 1 ,PSG䢯Ա⁥Ὂⳉ䢲
Museum (illustrated ibid., pp. 200-201) (fig. 7), which has been dated to 1743.
ᑞ ໝ ᕕ ᑽ⚯іᐜωૈྴ䢮ሠ
This vase has sgraffiato deep rouge enamel both above and below the pierced
ި⛷ⴽ 䢯ߴ֨䢲㇅ᑜ᳦ 4 .BSDIBOU
section of the outer wall. All the above-mentioned vessels have underglaze
blue six-character Qianlong seal marks of the same type as the current vase. BOE 4PO䢲Ւྯ՞⚯㪁᫓⳹೾᣻ᑞ Ǐ
However, such fine landscape painting is very rare, and yangcai vases with Ǐ ۢ ໝሠ֨ǐ
encircling landscapes and imperial poems are especially so.
The current vase was sold by Christie’s London on 26 February 1973, lot
126, from the collection of H.P. Korf, Esq., at which time it was purchased by
S. Marchant and Son. It was sold again, by Sotheby’s Hong Kong in 1978,
1992, 2000 and 2009.

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