QIANLONG-JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820)

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A RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE RETICULATED HANGING BASKETS
QIANLONG-JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820)
The baskets have openwork sides formed by three registers of interlocking endless knots below the flat rims decorated on the underside with cranes amidst peaches and lingzhi fungus, and on the top with two chilong prowling amidst blossoms and foliate scrolls. The rims are applied on the upright lip with two gilt hooks for suspension of chains attached to a yoke-form handle with central loop.
11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) high, wood stands

Provenance

Cohen & Cohen, London (according to label).

Lot Essay

Two similar porcelain hanging baskets decorated in a famille verte rather than a famille rose palette are illustrated in The Taft Museum: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 1995, p. 631, nos. 1931.7 and 1931.9.

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