Lot Essay
Previously sold in these Rooms, 30 October 1994, lot 364.
(US$13,000-20,000)
(US$13,000-20,000)
Details
AN UNUSUAL IMPERIAL BEIJING ENAMEL LEYS JAR, ZHADOU INCISED QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE-SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD
The compressed sides finely enamelled in delicate tones with three oval panels enclosing seasonal flowers, including peonies springing up from behind rockwork, roses together with smaller flowers and chrysanthemums with autumnal leaves, each panel framed by a stylized bat, alternating with small roundels containing a sinuous dragon, reserved on a composite floral ground including day lilies and lotus, the trumpet neck above two borders of classic scroll and a band of stylized plantain leaves below bats in flight amid leafy scrolls repeated on the flared foot, all reserved on lemon-yellow ground, the interior turquoise, the nianhao incised on the base (scratches, chips, old restoration)
5 in. (12.5 cm.) high, box
The compressed sides finely enamelled in delicate tones with three oval panels enclosing seasonal flowers, including peonies springing up from behind rockwork, roses together with smaller flowers and chrysanthemums with autumnal leaves, each panel framed by a stylized bat, alternating with small roundels containing a sinuous dragon, reserved on a composite floral ground including day lilies and lotus, the trumpet neck above two borders of classic scroll and a band of stylized plantain leaves below bats in flight amid leafy scrolls repeated on the flared foot, all reserved on lemon-yellow ground, the interior turquoise, the nianhao incised on the base (scratches, chips, old restoration)
5 in. (12.5 cm.) high, box