JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820)

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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE 'TRIBUTE BEARERS' RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820)
The rectangular plaque is well painted with a procession of foreigners and their attendants bearing tributes. The standing figure in the foreground is holding a rhinoceros horn and is followed by a rider on a piebald horse, and a rider bearing coral seated on a lion. In the mid-distance is an attendant, a hound, and a figure holding a brocade ball who is seated on the back of a mythical lion enamelled in blue. The latter is depicted beside another campanion who is holding a ruyi and is seated on a comparisoned elephant. The scene is set in a landscape of trees, rocks and distant mountains.
17 7/8 x 14 1/8 in. (45.5 x 35.8 cm.), hardwood frame

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Dr and Mrs M.L. Chang, 1963

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The imagery of foreigners paying tribute to the Imperial Qing court was an auspicious theme that was particularly favoured by the Qianlong Emperor. Scenes of tribute bearers were successfully enamelled on a number of ceramics such as the Qianlong-marked vase, included in the Special Exhibition of Ch'ing Dynasty Enamelled Porcelains of the Imperial Ateliers, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1992, Catalogue, p. 275, no. 141. The theme continued into Jiaqing reign as exemplified by the magnificent pair of large vases, sold at Christie's London, 15 May 2012, lot 318; and a similar plaque sold at Christie's New York, 30 May 1991, lot 371.

Tribute scenes also found popularity in court paintings, such as the anonymous hanging scroll, 'Envoys from Vassal States and Foreign Countries Presenting Tribute to the Emperor', in the Palace Museum Collection, illustrated in Paintings by Court Artists of the Qing Court, The Complete Collection of the Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1996, pp. 240-241, no. 64.