Lot Essay
Compare with a pair of nearly identical vases sold at Christie’s New York, 20 September 2002, lot 171.
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QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
A RARE PAIR OF CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER ‘DA JI’ DOUBLE-GOURD FORM VASES
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each vase is well carved on the upper and lower body with four circular medallions, those on the upper body enclosing the character da, those on the lower body the character ji, reserved on a diaper ground within a ruyi-head border surrounded by a dense ground of lotus scroll and the bajixiang, Eight Buddhist Emblems, the waist encircled by a green-lacquered, ‘ribbon’ tied in bows at the sides, all between pendent scroll-filled blades below the mouth and on the spreading foot.
12 3⁄8 in. (31.6 cm.) high, wood stands
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each vase is well carved on the upper and lower body with four circular medallions, those on the upper body enclosing the character da, those on the lower body the character ji, reserved on a diaper ground within a ruyi-head border surrounded by a dense ground of lotus scroll and the bajixiang, Eight Buddhist Emblems, the waist encircled by a green-lacquered, ‘ribbon’ tied in bows at the sides, all between pendent scroll-filled blades below the mouth and on the spreading foot.
12 3⁄8 in. (31.6 cm.) high, wood stands
Provenance
Collection of Colonel P-L (1826-1896)(by repute)
Sold at Mathias & Oger-Blanchet, Paris, 9 December 2019, lot 58
Sold at Mathias & Oger-Blanchet, Paris, 9 December 2019, lot 58
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