JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)

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A FAMILLE ROSE 'EIGHT IMMORTALS' JAR
JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
The jar of ovoid form is delicately painted with a continuous scene with the Eight Immortals holding their respective attributes at leisure in a mountainous river landscape and variously riding through waves. The shoulder and the foot are both decorated with bands of ruyi-lappets.
7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm.) high

Provenance

Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 June 2015, lot 3257

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Lot Essay

The present jar provided the artist with an extensive 'canvas' that was taken full advantage of. This elaborate and brightly coloured landscape featuring The Eight Immortals was a popular subject for auspicious blessings and birthday wishes. Compare a Jianqing-marked wall vase decorated with a landscape scene in similar composition and style, in the collection of The National Palace Museum, Taipei (zhongci 000618N000000000). A related Jiaqing mark-and-period ruby-ground vase with a continuous scene of Immortals, is illustrated in Ethereal Elegance; Porcelain Vases of the Imperial Qing - The Huaihaitang Collection, Hong Kong, 2007, pp. 378-81, no. 137, later sold at Exalted Legacy: The Huaihaitang Collection of Qing Imperial Porcelain Vases, China Guardian Hong Kong, 7 April 2023, lot 900.

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