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

Tubular porcelain hat stands with openwork decoration appeared during the emperor Jiaqing's reign. In addition to functioning as a hat support, it also perfumed the hat from incense burned in the interior. A very similar hatstand, also bearing an iron-red Jiaqing mark, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasure of the Palace Museum - 39 - Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 193, no. 170. This hat stand can also be compared with a cylindrical hat stand sold at Christie's Paris, 6 July 2022, lot 36. Both are decorated with nine five-clawed dragons chasing the flaming pearl on a yellow background. See, also, a Jiaqing millefleurs hatstand of the same form sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 November 2007, lot 1766.