QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A RARE PAIR OF GILT-COPPER AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL FIGURES OF RECUMBENT DEER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each deer is shown recumbent on a cloisonné enamel ‘cloth’ decorated with diaper pattern within a key-fret border that is draped over a stand, and is shown with head turned to the side as it grasps a sprig of enameled lingzhi in its mouth. The antlers arch gracefully forward over the pricked ears and the coat, with fine hair markings, is inlaid with florets and spots of lapis lazuli, turquoise and white color. Rising from the back is gilt-copper vapor below a bed of lotus petals that supports a ribbon-tied cloisonné enamel double-gourd vase decorated with wan emblems, shou characters and lotus sprays.
9 ¾ in. (24.8 cm.) long, lacquered softwood stands

Provenance

The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York.
Khalil R. Rizk Collection, New York.

Literature

The Chinese Porcelain Company, Chinese Works of Art and Snuff Bottles, New York, 1994, pp. 26-7, no. 20.

Exhibited

New York, The Chinese Porcelain Company, Chinese Works of Art and Snuff Bottles, 1 - 24 June 1994.

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Lot Essay

The depiction of the deer with a double gourd on its back is unusual, as the double gourd is more commonly found on the back of elephant figures in the 18th century. However another example of an 18th-century cloisonné figure of a recumbent animal with a vase on its back (in this case a qilin), from the Speelman Collection, Qianlong mark and period, was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 3 April 2018, lot 3463.

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