QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF CANTON ENAMEL YELLOW-GROUND HAT STANDS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Each hat stand is elaborately constructed with a broad, gently stepped, upper platform that is surmounted by a central knop finial. Each is enamelled with floral scrolls on a yellow-ground. The globular mid-section is similarly enamelled with bats in flight amidst clouds. The hat stands are supported on a stepped base with further scroll bands including archaistic chilong, and mounted on a zitan central stand, surrounded by four colourful scrollwork legs.
12 3/4 in. (32.5 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 November 2004, lot 899

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Lot Essay

Hat stands were used in the private quarters of the Emperor and members of the imperial family. A comparable painted enamel yellow-ground hat stand with a ball-shaped upper portion pierced with circular openings is in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Metal-Bodied Enamel Ware, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 211. Another cloisonné enamel example with scrollwork platform and trefoil feet is illustrated by H. Brinker and A. Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, London, 1989, pl. 266.

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