Lot 340. A lacquer ‘leisurely pursuits’ lobed vase, Qianlong-Jiaqing period (1736-1820); 31.5cm high. Estimate HK$ 180,000 - 220,000. Sold for HK$ 325,000 (€ 38,853). Photo courtesy Bonhams.

The four-lobed baluster body rising from a spreading foot, carved with four panels depicting scholars engaging in leisurely pursuit including playing weiqi, painting on scroll, writing calligraphy on cliff walls and traveling outdoors with attendants carrying qin, all reserved on a scrolling- lotus diaper ground between lotus lappet borders, the neck carved with upright plantain leaves decorated with archaistic scrolls on hexagonal diaper ground, the elaborate design mirrored on the foot, the mouth and footrim each with a band of keyfret scroll. 

Provenance: Roger Keverne Ltd., London.

Illustrated: Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics. Winter Exhibition. 4 November 2010, p.148, no.125.

Exhibited: Roger Keverne Winter 2010. 

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. Hong Kong. 24 Nov 2013