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Lot Essay
Previously sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29 October 2001, lot 611.
Vases of this massive size, decorated with such a fine rendition of varied species of flowers in vibrant tones of enamel colours, are among the finest and most impressive pieces from the Jiaqing period. The shape and design of the present vase are stylistically comparable to examples from the Qianlong period, such as the massive 'hundred boys' vase formerly from the Fujii Yurinkan collection, sold in these Rooms, 1 November 2004, lot 1149. Jiaqing vases of this type, therefore, can be considered as those produced in the early years of the Jiaqing reign period, possibly when the Qianlong emperor was still alive.
Compare also a vase of the same form and size, enamelled in a similar style but with figures on the main body and inscribed with a Qianlong reign mark, from the Wantage collection, illustrated by R. L. Hobson, Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, London, 1915, vol. 2 pl. 132; where the author attributed its dating to 'about 1790'.
Two other Jiaqing examples of this same form but both with a yellow-ground design on the neck, the first with lady musicians in a garden landscape scene on the main body, from the collection of Sir Frederick Bruce who was the Ambassador to China between 1860-1865, was sold in our London Rooms, 16 December 1981, lot 86. The other vase, enamelled with the Eight Daoist Immortals, was sold at Sotheby's London, 8th December 1992, lot 299.
Vases of this massive size, decorated with such a fine rendition of varied species of flowers in vibrant tones of enamel colours, are among the finest and most impressive pieces from the Jiaqing period. The shape and design of the present vase are stylistically comparable to examples from the Qianlong period, such as the massive 'hundred boys' vase formerly from the Fujii Yurinkan collection, sold in these Rooms, 1 November 2004, lot 1149. Jiaqing vases of this type, therefore, can be considered as those produced in the early years of the Jiaqing reign period, possibly when the Qianlong emperor was still alive.
Compare also a vase of the same form and size, enamelled in a similar style but with figures on the main body and inscribed with a Qianlong reign mark, from the Wantage collection, illustrated by R. L. Hobson, Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, London, 1915, vol. 2 pl. 132; where the author attributed its dating to 'about 1790'.
Two other Jiaqing examples of this same form but both with a yellow-ground design on the neck, the first with lady musicians in a garden landscape scene on the main body, from the collection of Sir Frederick Bruce who was the Ambassador to China between 1860-1865, was sold in our London Rooms, 16 December 1981, lot 86. The other vase, enamelled with the Eight Daoist Immortals, was sold at Sotheby's London, 8th December 1992, lot 299.