Lot 742
742
AN IRON-RED-ENAMELLED AND GILT-DECORATED DAJI WALL PLAQUE
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
AN IRON-RED-ENAMELLED AND GILT-DECORATED DAJI WALL PLAQUE

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AN IRON-RED-ENAMELLED AND GILT-DECORATED DAJI WALL PLAQUE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

The plaque is moulded on one side in the form of a double-gourd supported on an ornate wood-simulated stand, tied at the narrow waist with turquoise-enamelled drapery, all below a large gilded bat at the mouth rim, the upper body gilded with the character da within a medallion surrounded by five blue-enamelled bats against a gilded brocade and iron-red ground, the lower body similarly decorated with the character ji
23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm.) high, mounted as a screen

Lot Essay

Cf. a very similar plaque of slightly later date, decorated in the same enamel colours as the present lot, sold in these Rooms, 30 April 2001, lot 714. Compare also with the following lot in this sale, lot 746, for a slightly different colour combination.

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