AN ENAMELLED AND GILT DAJI WALL PLAQUE

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AN ENAMELLED AND GILT DAJI WALL PLAQUE
QIANLONG/JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820)

The plaque is moulded in the form of a double-gourd supported on an ornate simulated wood stand, tied at the narrow waist with drapery enamelled in green, the upper body gilded with the character da, within a medallion surrounded by five gilt bats against an iron-red brocade pattern ground, the lower body similarly decorated with the character ji, all below a moulded gilt bat at the mouthrim
13 7/8 in. (35.3 cm.) high, wood frame, box

Sale room notice

Please note that this lot is in very good condition and the enamels are not overpainted as stated in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

Compare the present lot with an identical pair included in the Shanghai Museum exhibition, Selected Ceramics from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Hu, illustrated in the Catalogue, 1989, no. 70. Cf. also a comparable plaque with blue-enamelled bats and a ground decorated in iron-red and gilt, was sold in these Rooms, 30 April 2001, lot 714.

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