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16 juillet 2017

A fine and rare gilt-decorated blue-ground vase, Seal mark and period of Jiaqing (1796-1820)

A fine and rare gilt-decorated blue-ground vase, Seal mark and period of Jiaqing (1796-1820)

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Lot 510. A fine and rare gilt-decorated blue-ground vase, Seal mark and period of Jiaqing (1796-1820), 33.2 cm., 13 1/16 in. Estimate 2,000,000 — 3,000,000 HKD. Lot sold 4,080,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's.

well potted with generous rounded sides tapering to a slender waisted neck and a flared mouth, flanked by a pair of archaistic dragon handles, finely and meticulously decorated in gilt on the front and back with a pair of swooping qilong dragon clutching a blooming lotus sprig in their jaws, all amid dense flowering and foliate lotus scrolls, set between pendant ruyi heads at the shoulder and a band of upright lappets at the foot, the neck decorated with a similar lotus meander, below a pendant foliate band at the mouth and above an elaborate foliate band and triangle diaper-band below, all reserved on a deep royal-blue ground, the interior and base turquoise, the countersunk base with a central square reserved in white for the six-character seal-mark in iron-red.

ProvenanceAcquired at auction in France.

NoteIt is extremely rare to find Jiaqing vases of this elegant form and decoration. The present vase is possibly inspired by a group of Qianlong blue wares with gilded decoration of which two examples from the Qing court collection and now in the Palace Museum, Beijing, are illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji, vol. 15, Shanghai, 2000, pls. 91-92; and another is illustrated in Gems of the Official Kilns, Taipei, 1993, pl. 90.

See a blue glazed Jiaqing vase of ovoid form with a slender neck and a 'garlic' mouth, densely painted with lotus scroll and bajixiang decoration in gold illustrated in Gunhild Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure. Chinese Porcelain from the 19th and 20th Centuries in the Weishaupt Collection, London, 1987, p. 28, pl. 16, where it is noted that the 'rich gold painting on an unusually bright cornflower blue glaze, an effect appearing for the first time in the Jiaqing period. Since Buddhist texts are written in gold on blue paper, these two colours have a special significance'.  Compare also a turquoise glazed Jiaqing vase of closely related form with white slip decoration, published ibid., pl. 17.   

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art: The Collection of a Parisian Connoisseur, Hong Kong, 08 Apr 2007

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