CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

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BASSIN EN PORCELAINE BLEU BLANC
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
The basin is painted around the exterior in vibrant shades of cobalt blue with a wide band of lotus blooms surrounded by scrolling foliage and smaller buds. The interior is painted to the base with ruyi-form scrolls and floral designs encirling the centre. The flat everted rim is decorated with swirling waves ; chip to the rim.
13¼ in. (33.7 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Previously in a French private collection amassed in the early 20th century.

Further details

A MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' BASIN
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Lot Essay

The form of the current basin is based on Ming dynasty prototypes which were influenced by Middle Eastern glass and metalwares. For an example dating to the Yongle period, illustrated beside a Syrian glass basin, see Possessing the Past: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, New York and Taipei, 1996, p. 437, pl. 231 & fig. 156. See also a Yongle example with similar decoration to the present lot which sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 November 2006, lot 1510.

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