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Lot Essay
The present deng was a ritual vessel made by imperial command for the main hall of the Temple of Imperial Ancestors. The vessel deng was used in antiquity as a food vessel for meat soup during banquets among nobles, and had since been adopted as a ritual vessel. It is different from the vessel dou in that it has a spherical finial on the cover as opposed to a rope-twist handle.
In Qianlong 13th year (1748), regulations on ceramic ritual vessels made for state temples were promulgated. According to the regulation, deng made for the main hall of the Temple of Imperial Ancestors had a yellow ground with elaborate design of dragons and waves. A coloured illustration showing such deng was included in Huangchao liqi tushi (The Illustrated Regulations for Ceremonial Paraphernalia of the Imperial Dynasty)(fig. 1), which is nearly identical to the present example. An imperial edict issued in the 13th year of the Qianlong reign indicates that the porcelain ritual vessels were made at the Imperial kilns at Jingdezhen under the supervision of Tang Ying.
A very similar Qianlong-marked famille rose yellow-ground deng was included in the Chinese University of Hong Kong exhibition Ch’ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, 1973, no. 47. Compare also with two famille rose yellow-ground deng dated to the 18th-19th century in the Huaihai Tang Collection, include in the Chinese University of Hong Kong exhibition For Blessings and Guidance: the Qianlong Emperor’s Design for State Sacrificial Vessels, 2019, see Catalogue, p. 187 (fig. 2).
In Qianlong 13th year (1748), regulations on ceramic ritual vessels made for state temples were promulgated. According to the regulation, deng made for the main hall of the Temple of Imperial Ancestors had a yellow ground with elaborate design of dragons and waves. A coloured illustration showing such deng was included in Huangchao liqi tushi (The Illustrated Regulations for Ceremonial Paraphernalia of the Imperial Dynasty)(fig. 1), which is nearly identical to the present example. An imperial edict issued in the 13th year of the Qianlong reign indicates that the porcelain ritual vessels were made at the Imperial kilns at Jingdezhen under the supervision of Tang Ying.
A very similar Qianlong-marked famille rose yellow-ground deng was included in the Chinese University of Hong Kong exhibition Ch’ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, 1973, no. 47. Compare also with two famille rose yellow-ground deng dated to the 18th-19th century in the Huaihai Tang Collection, include in the Chinese University of Hong Kong exhibition For Blessings and Guidance: the Qianlong Emperor’s Design for State Sacrificial Vessels, 2019, see Catalogue, p. 187 (fig. 2).