Lot 220
220
A RARE HARDSTONE-INLAID PEAR-SHAPED CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL WALL VASE
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION, LOTS 220 - 228.
A RARE HARDSTONE-INLAID PEAR-SHAPED CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL WALL VASE

THE CLOISONNÉ 17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A RARE HARDSTONE-INLAID PEAR-SHAPED CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL WALL VASE
THE CLOISONNÉ 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Finely enamelled with bats in flight amidst vaporous clouds, the centre inlaid with a peach-shaped hardstone medallion inscribed with a long poetic inscription including the character yu zhi shi, the neck applied on either side with thin tubular handles, all supported on a short splayed foot, the back in gilt-bronze with an aperture for attachment
6¾ in. (16.5 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The inscription reads:
'Yu zhi shi
Ge sui xiang kan zhuo zhuo zi
Feng guang yuan er ru ping si
Han tai mo dao hun you qian
Hao shi wei cheng lan man shi'

Which may be translated as:
'Imperial poem
Looking back after a year, the appearance is vivacious and elegant
The view could be clearly appreciated and admired
In its impregnated form do not say that it is faint and thin
For it is valuable because it has not yet reached full blossom'

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