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22 décembre 2011

Rare et important vase 'Cent daims' en porcelaine de la famille rose, hu, Marque à six caractères en cachet et époque Qianlong (

Rare et important vase 'Cent daims' en porcelaine de la famille rose, hu, Chine, dynastie Qing, marque à six caractères en cachet et époque Qianlong (1736-1795)

Lot 174. Rare et important vase 'Cent daims' en porcelaine de la famille rose, hu, Chine, dynastie Qing, marque à six caractères en cachet et époque Qianlong (1736-1795). Hauteur: 44,5 cm. (17½ in.). Estimate €350,000 - €400,000Price Realized €2,025,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011

De forme pansue, orné d'un décor continu représentant une horde de cerfs, biches et daims au pelage finement émaillé, gambadant, se reposant, jouant, dans un paysage rocailleux agrémenté de grands pins tortueux, branchages de lingzhi, de pêches, parcouru par une rivière, des montagnes se dessinant au fond, les anses en forme de dragons stylisés rouge de fer et or, marque à six caractères en cachet de l'Empereur Qianlong en bleu sous couverte à la base.  

A MAGNIFICENT FAMILLE ROSE 'HUNDRED DEER' VASE, HU, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Provenance: From a medical doctor of the German Embassy in Beijing in the early 20th century, since then in the family by descent

Notes: The 'hundred deer' motif was very popular as the landscape depicted contains important symbolic references. The subject of deer has a long history in Chinese art as it refers to the rebus where the Chinese word for 'deer' is a homophone for 'emolument' or 'civil service salary'; the 'hundred deer' therefore represent the ultimate success, a career in government service in Imperial China. The deer is also associated with Daoism and the Star God of longevity, Shoulao, while the inclusion of peaches and lingzhi fungus in the decoration is further symbolic of longevity. As such, the subject-matter on the present vase alludes to a multitude of auspicious connotations.

Other hu-shaped vases with this exquisite design are in various museum and private collections: one from the Beijing Palace Museum, is illustrated in Falangcai, Fencai: Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 85; a pair is in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated in Selected Ceramics from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hu, Shanghai, 1989, pl. 67; while a single one, also in the Shanghai Museum, is illustrated in Chugoku Toji Zenshu, vol. 21, Kyoto, 1981, pl. 103; a vase with blue-enamelled and gilt handles from the Nanjing Museum was included in the joint exhibition with The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Qing Imperial Porcelain, 1995, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 86; another also with blue handles is illustrated by J. Ayers and M. Sato, Ceramic Art of the World, Vol. 15, Japan, 1983, pl. 225; one in the Osaka Museum is illustrated in Ming and Qing Ceramics and Works of Art, Japan, 1980, p. 43, pl. 195; a vase included in the Hong Kong Museum of Art exhibition The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, 1984, is illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 71; and another from the Grandidier Collection in the Musée Guimet, Paris, is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, Kodansha Series, Tokyo, 1981, vol. 7, pl. 190.

Vase à décor dit 'aux cent daims', Règne de Qianlong (1736-1795)

Vase à décor dit 'aux cent daims', Règne de Qianlong (1736-1795)

Vase à décor dit "aux cent daims", Règne de Qianlong (1736-1795), porcelaine de la famille rose, fours de Jingdezhen. Collection Ernest Grandidier, Paris, musée Guimet - musée national des Arts asiatiques, G4225Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (MNAAG, Paris) / Thierry Ollivier

Several of these vases have also been sold at auction, including one from the British Rail Pension Fund, which had been exhibited on loan at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Dallas Museum of Art, and was sold in Hong Kong, 16 May 1989, lot 89.

Christie's. Art d'Asie, 14 December 2011. Paris

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