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16 juillet 2017

A rare large doucai 'dragon and phoenix' vase, yuhuchunping, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795)

A rare large doucai 'dragon and phoenix' vase, yuhuchunping, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795)

Lot 5142. A rare large doucai 'dragon and phoenix' vase, yuhuchunping, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795), 51.3 cm., 20 3/16 in. Estimate 2,000,000 — 3,000,000 HKD. Lot sold 3,600,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's.

the pear-shaped body supported on a slightly splayed foot and tapering gracefully below a wide trumpet mouth, painted around the sides in brilliant doucai enamels with a scaly five-clawed dragon and phoenix in mid-flight, the dragon striding in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl', with the phoenix prancing above, its long feathery wings and tail fluttering, all amid a dense ground of a composite floral meander, the large elaborate blooms wreathed by slender stems and a myriad of feathery leaves, with upright red and yellow petals around the foot, and a green keyfret band inside the mouthrim.

Provenance: Acquired in France.

NoteIt is rare to find the 'dragon and phoenix' design on doucai yuhuchunping, although this motif can be found on meiping-shaped vases, such as the piece, from the Buchanan-Jardine collection, included in the Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art 1935-36, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1936, cat.no. 2177. Another meiping decorated with the same design in the doucai technique was sold in our London rooms 12th July 2006, lot 128; and a pair, from the Qing Court collection is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 237.

A large doucai 'Dragon' meiping, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1975)

A large doucai 'Dragon' meiping, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1975), 62cm., 24 3/8 in. Sold for 84,000 GBP at Sotheby's London, 12th July 2006, lot 128. Photo Sotheby's.

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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