A RARE PAIR OF MASSIVE CLOISONNE ENAMEL BALUSTER JARS AND COVERS

QIANLONG PERIOD, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

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A RARE PAIR OF MASSIVE CLOISONNE ENAMEL BALUSTER JARS AND COVERS
QIANLONG PERIOD, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
Each decorated on the upper body with scenes of scholars at various pursuits in a lakeside retreat, including three gathered around a weiqi board and three others gathered around a table in an open pavilion as they drink wine, with servants in attendance, all within a setting of pavilions, a bamboo grove and various trees, as well as sailing ships at anchor in a lake, above a wide band of a lotus pond and a band of rolling waves at the base, the shoulder decorated with the bajixiang alternating with lotus sprays reserved on a yellow ground, the domed cover decorated en suite below a pierced gilt-metal knop cast as dragons pursuing a flaming pearl amidst clouds
44 in. (112 cm. ) high (2)

拍品专文

No other jars and covers of this unusually large size appear to be published. The decoration is also unusual. A tall rectangular document chest made of cloisonné enamel illustrated by H. Brinker and A. Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, The Asia Society Galleries, New York, 1989, no. 315, is also decorated with similar types of scenes arrayed around the sides and on the cover.