Lot 138

PAIR OF CANTON ENAMEL BLUE-GROUND WINE EWERS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY




Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 3 November 2023 from 09:00 GMT
£1,008
Description
清 廣東藍地銅胎畫琺瑯五蝠捧壽及梅竹雙清紋執壺(共兩件)
each painted with five bats encircling a shou-longevity character in a raised peach-form cartouche on either side of the pear-form body, all against a pattern with flowering prunus and bamboo reserved on gilt ‘cracked-ice’ and cobalt blue ground, surmounted with slender neck and thin, curving handle and spout
Dimensions
32cm high each; 385g and 387g
Provenance
Provenance: Private collection, London
Footnote
Note: A pair of cloisonné enamel ewers of this elegant form and dated to the Qianlong period were offered at Christie's New York, 25 Jan 2011, lot 167. Another pair of closely comparable blue-ground Canton enamel ewers was exhibited at Shenzhen Museum in May 2023.



