YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN BLACK ENAMEL AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

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A RARE GRISAILLE ON BISCUIT ‘RIVER LANDSCAPE’ SEAL PASTE BOX AND COVER
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN BLACK ENAMEL AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Of square form with canted corners, the cover is painted in grisaille enamels onto the biscuit surface depicting a fisherman upon a sampan in a mountainous riverscape. All four sides are decorated with a continuous landscape scene depicting another fisherman
and a scholar on the riverside amidst pavilions nestled among a tree-lined mountainous backdrop.

Compare the current lot to a closely related unmarked box and cover dating to the Qing dynasty from the Grandidier Collection now in the Guimet Museum, Paris, also illustrated in Lion-Goldschmidt Daisy, La porcelaine Ming, Fribourg : Office du livre, 1978. fig. 87. The similarly shaped Grandidier example is also decorated with river landscape scenes on the top and sides of the box, reminiscent of Chinese classical paintings.
3 1⁄8 in. (8 cm.) wide

Provenance

B. de Lavergne, Paris (according to label)

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Lot Essay

The enamel-on-biscuit box (lot 3062) has a more traditional court style that recalls the four Wang masters of the early Qing period, specifically that of Wang Hui (fig. 5). Painting directly on unglazed porcelain body with its porous surface creates an effect even closer to that of ink paintings.

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