QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A FAMILLE ROSE VASE-FORM WALL VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The center of the body is inscribed and decorated with an imperial poem eulogizing wall vases by Emperor Qianlong, followed by two iron-red seals, weijing and weiyi ('be pure, be of one mind') within a gilt border between a pair of iron-red bats, all within a network of lotus scrolls, below the neck decorated with a gilt shou character at the center between a pair of tubular iron-red handles in iron-red with gilt floral scroll. The flat reverse is decorated with scattered flower-heads.
9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Offered at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 October 1991, lot 991.

Lot Essay

The Imperial poem inscribed on the present wall vase is recorded in Siku Quanshu (The Complete Library of the Four Treasures). It was also recorded that Emperor Qianlong composed this poem in the wuyin year (1758) to express the delight he enjoyed while seeing a wall vase filled with a flower hanging inside of his sedan chair on his way to a hunting trip.

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