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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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AN EXTREMELY RARE AND SUPERBLY ᪺̗㡳 ⌙⣑᧵ྑ㚚˗᪲⩈㧎だዠ㕺Ǘἕᦿ൷ǘॲ⁅
ENAMELLED IMPERIALLY INSCRIBED YANGCAI 㤎⩈Վಧ╌ᕋᢎ
‘LANDSCAPE’ VASE ≡ᘳऑ卿㧩㯝卿ᵃ⫒卿┣⭬卿㑷ǯ≡ऑǮ⫒Ǯ⬨Ǯ㑷மᓼ
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) 㞖ᆭㅛ㱈卿༛㿃ⵖ㏟ǯ㯝㛑ה⬄⬖⡚㢶ӳⱤ卿ᆭ⥾ൈዪ
㫡⡠ࣿᐙ៨⸥⡠卿㯝⫒⽔㱈㿩⡠Ӭॶ卿ݤ⥾ᐙ៨Ɽࢭ
The vase is exquisitely painted around the globular body with a
continuous scene depicting an elaborate architectural complex ⡠卿⫒㛑ࣿ⬨㛑प᧘ࣇⴵ≓߃⡠Ӭǯ⭬㛑⥾㘻ᜀྒྷ᭢՞⁒
with pavilions and a gate, all nestled in a mountainous landscape, எ卿⊺ԋྉႌ⋎ၒ卿ⲧ៏┡ᠪ卿ᬆ㈍卿⒢᧶᱁᭢卿ᥑ⏌
with a bridge arching over a flowing river which extends to the ⎑།ஊ៣ᜀ⤤厎औӬ㬷⥾Հᙔᯬ⯰㙚ᴓ卿ݯӳ⚁⎊⽔ಳᝧ
other side of the vase, detailed with a canopied boat carrying two Գ㪏ᇙ㯪㉼Ӭ㲛厍Ǹ՞ ᭔㪖߿ᜀ卿㖊ᎱᏓ⯰⊺ㅏリǹǯ
scholars, below a poetic inscription rendered in black enamels, ओᇌ█⡚ᆭǸԳ㪏ǹ ប ❨ࣇӬᙹǯ㑷⬄⬖⡚㢶ӳⱤ卿
followed by two iron-red seals reading Qian and Long, all between ӳ㱈ᐙ៨Ɽࢭ⡠ǯᄓ㛑ᙼ៏⒢⣔㞏卿ᄓᇵ㬪ⱤᝧǸഌ᳖Գ㪏
two rows of relief-moulded chrysanthemum petals around the ჺㅳǹݪໃӲリ❨ᝧ᪪ǯ
shoulder and above the foot. The slightly waisted neck is decorated
with florettes on a bright yellow ground enclosed within upright ϝᬝ
lappets, below a band of trefoils enclosing florettes, all against Ⲗஇ) 1 ,PSG⢂Ⅷ⻦
a ruby-red sgraffito ground further decorated with detached
ٳᘹצᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ ⽚
lotus sprays. The rims and raised bands gilt decorated. The base 㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ ⽚
is applied with turquoise enamels reserving the reign mark in
underglaze blue in the centre. 4 .BSDIBOU 4PO卿ٳᘹ
ᚚӴབ㪿ల卿ែ
7 in. (19.1 cm.) high, box
ᚚទ☆՞Ⅷ⻦
Estimate on Request ΑӲྩせ 㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ ⽚
㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ ⽚
PROVENANCE
The collection of H.P. Korf Esq., England 㲞ᳰⴃ⢆⣉ݎ⊂Ⅷ⻦
Sold at Christie’s London, 26 February 1973, lot 126 ൣ
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 29 November 1978, lot 303
4 .BSDIBOU 4PO卿Ƕ2JOH .BSL BOE 1FSJPE .POPDISPNFT BOE
S. Marchant & Son, London
Kusaka Shogado & Co, Tokyo &OBNFMMFE 8BSFTǷ卿ٳᘹ卿 ჺ卿எ㢙எ‸ ⽚ࣿགᄓ
A Japanese private collection
⮐㙽
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 27 October 1992, lot 155
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2 May 2000, lot 643 ⴢᖝ卿ǶᇙㅳǷ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚
"OUIPOZ EV #PVMBZ卿Ƕ$ISJTUJF’T 1JDUPSJBM )JTUPSZ PG $IJOFTF
The Alan Chuang Collection, Hong Kong
$FSBNJDTǷ卿⁇ᰥ卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿எ ⽚
EXHIBITED Ƕ⼖༛ᬘ㲞ᳰՀࢦ㙉ჺǷ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿எ ⽚
S. Marchant & Son, Qing Mark and Period Monochromes and Ƕ㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘӲࢦ㙉ჺǷ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿எ ⽚
Enamelled Wares, London, 1981, cat. no. 55 and back cover
LITERATURE
Hugh Moss, By Imperial Command, Hong Kong, 1976, pl. 87
Anthony du Boulay, Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics,
Oxford, 1984, p. 249, fig. 14
Sotheby’s Hong Kong Twenty Years, Hong Kong, 1993, no. 304
Sotheby’s Thirty Years in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2003, no. 347
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