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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ӳ᳎Ɽ஠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⡠Ӭ஄ǯ⭬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⥾Հᙔ೥ᯬ⯰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ӳ᳎Ɽ஠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
                                                           ٳᘹצ೥ᇑ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 ƒ 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  ⴢ೥ᖝ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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