QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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AN IRON-RED-DECORATED BOWL
QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Of deeply rounded form with a slightly everted rim, the exterior inscribed with a poem by the Qianlong Emperor between two bands of ruyi heads, the base of the interior with a central medallion of pine, plum blossoms and a branch of finger citron, below two corresponding bands of ruyi heads
4¼ in. (10.7 cm.) diam.

拍品專文

The poem inscribed was one of the Qianlong Emperor's favorites, Sanqing cha (Three Purity Tea), and described the tea made from plum blossoms, finger citron and pine nut kernels, and further describes the virtues of tea making. Each New Year the emperor would hold a tea-drinking banquet in the Forbidden City and his guests were invited to compose poetry. A bowl such as the present example would have been awarded to the best poet on such an occasion.

An identical bowl in the collection of the National Palace Museum is illustrated in Emperor Qianlong's Grand Cultural Enterprise, Taipei, 2002, no. 51, and another in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The Life of Emperor Qianlong, Macao Museum of Art, Macao, 2002, no. 79. Three other bowls of this design are illustrated and discussed by P. Lam in 'Tang Yin (1682-1756): The Imperial Factory Superintendent at Jingdezhen', T.O.C.S , London, vol. 63, 1998-1999, p. 69, fig. 4.

See, also, a similar bowl sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 27 April 2003, lot 30.