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Lot Essay
A group of six varied famille rose ceramic belthooks of this type, the shape of which was modelled on archaic bronze examples dated to the Spring and Autumn period (770-476BC), in the Nanjing Museum Collection is illustrated in Qing Imperial Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 92. The inscription on one of the belthooks is from a poem composed by Emperor Qianlong, entitled 'Ode to Twelve Scenes in the Ancient Style by Tang Dai (1673 - after 1752)'. It may be translated as:
A pavilion by the water's edge is reflected red over the waves;
into the window blows the breeze from a sea of lotus.
The unconventional landscape style of Juran(*);
is rendered in this scene with clouds and pale mist.
(*) Juran was a renowed artist of the Five Dynasties.
A pavilion by the water's edge is reflected red over the waves;
into the window blows the breeze from a sea of lotus.
The unconventional landscape style of Juran(*);
is rendered in this scene with clouds and pale mist.
(*) Juran was a renowed artist of the Five Dynasties.