A FINELY ENAMELLED RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE LAVENDER-BLUE GROUND PRICKET CANDLESTICKS

PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT CHANG COLLECTION

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A FINELY ENAMELLED RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE LAVENDER-BLUE GROUND PRICKET CANDLESTICKS
JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820)

Each potted in three tiers, the bottom and middle drip-pan each decorated with three butterflies divided by scattered flower-sprays, respectively with a band of trefoils and ruyi-heads around the exterior, the upturned top tier decorated with an iron-red flower-head encircling the pricket, finely enamelled in pink, green, yellow, iron-red and gilt on a pale lavender-blue ground, the counter-sunk concave base also blue-enamelled
9 in. (22.9 cm.) overall height (2)

Exhibited

An Exhibition of Important Chinese Ceramics from the Robert Chang Collection, Christie's London, 1993, Catalogue, p. 215, no. 102

Lot Essay

This unusal decorative choice of 'butterflies and flowers' delicately enamelled against a pastel lavender-blue ground appears to be unique. A related example of the same elegant shape enamelled with lotus scrolls against a ruby-red ground, and inscribed with a Qianlong date corresponding to 1744, is illustrated in Catalog of the Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, no. 141; where it is illustrated together with a slightly larger underglaze-blue candlestick.

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