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拍品专文
The globular body is supported on a slightly splayed foot, rising to a tall neck and flaring at the mouth, flanked on both sides with a dragon-fish handle suspending a blue ‘endless knot’ on a yellow cord with pink tassels. The vase is covered with a soft lime green enamel.
The present vase is notable for its exceptionally restrained design, a rarity in which the unadorned body serves to showcase the subtle elegance of the enamel colour. This minimalist aesthetic is complemented by the exquisite craftsmanship of the dragon-fish handles, which are enriched by the inclusion of the ‘endless knot’. As one of the Eight Buddhist Emblems, its presence reflects the emperor's personal devotion to Buddhism.
Compare to a Qianlong turquoise-ground vase with ruyi-form handles suspending tassels, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelains with Cloisonne Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 135, no. 118 (fig. 1). Another related example is with fish-pendant handles suspending cords threaded through swastikas, published in Chinese Ceramics in The Baur Collection, vol. 2, Geneva, 1999, pp. 130-131. Further compare to a Qianlong celadon-glazed vase decorated with ruyi-shaped handles with ‘endless knots’, from the Zande Lou Collection and included in Qing Imperial Monochromes- the Zande Lou Collection, Hong Kong, 2005, p.120-121, no. 43.
The present vase is notable for its exceptionally restrained design, a rarity in which the unadorned body serves to showcase the subtle elegance of the enamel colour. This minimalist aesthetic is complemented by the exquisite craftsmanship of the dragon-fish handles, which are enriched by the inclusion of the ‘endless knot’. As one of the Eight Buddhist Emblems, its presence reflects the emperor's personal devotion to Buddhism.
Compare to a Qianlong turquoise-ground vase with ruyi-form handles suspending tassels, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelains with Cloisonne Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 135, no. 118 (fig. 1). Another related example is with fish-pendant handles suspending cords threaded through swastikas, published in Chinese Ceramics in The Baur Collection, vol. 2, Geneva, 1999, pp. 130-131. Further compare to a Qianlong celadon-glazed vase decorated with ruyi-shaped handles with ‘endless knots’, from the Zande Lou Collection and included in Qing Imperial Monochromes- the Zande Lou Collection, Hong Kong, 2005, p.120-121, no. 43.