QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

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A RARE SMALL INLAID BLACK LACQUER WATER POT
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The sides of the bell-shaped water pot are finely inlaid in mother-of-pearl and gold with four roundels enclosing different flowering plants within borders of circles, all surrounded by a flower-diaper ground between borders of cell diaper below and on the shoulder above. The recessed base is inlaid in gold wire with a maker's seal mark, Qianli.
1 ¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high, fitted cloth box and cloth stand

Provenance

Xu Hanqing (1882-1961) Collection.
A Connoisseur's Vision: Property from the Xu Hanqing Collection; Christie's New York, 15 September 2011, lot 928.
The Studio of the Clear Garden.

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Lot Essay

There are several inscriptions by Xu Hanqing on the cloth box. One on the cover reads, 'gold-inlaid water pot finely made by Jiang Qianli of Ming', followed by Chunzhai, which is repeated on the inner removable cover, as well as that it was recorded by Xu Hanqing in the second month of 1936.

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