RARE CHINESE GILT-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Estimate: £10,000 - £20,000
Auction: 16 May 2025 from 09:00 BST
Description
清乾隆 礬紅「大清乾隆年製」六字篆書款 金地粉彩纏枝西番蓮紋葫蘆瓶
potted with a well-rounded globular body swelling to a classic double-gourd shape, surmounted by a slender neck slightly flaring at the rim, painted both on the lower and upper bulbs with lotus flower heads borne on interlocking tendrils, with bats on top holding Buddhist swastika, all on a golden ground, the base save for the centre square panel enemalled in turquoise, further inscribed with a six-character Qianlong mark in iron-red
Dimensions
22cm high
Provenance
Acquired in the 1970s from a private French collection, Annick du Breton de Kergoet from Le Mans (by repute)
1970年代購自一法國利曼私人收藏，Annick du Breton de Kergoet
Footnote
A highly comparable gilt-ground famille rose ‘lotus scroll’ double-gourd vase, note the similarity of the decoration, form and size (21.7cm high), Qianlong mark and of the period, previously in the Nanjing Museum, now in the Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum, is illustrated in Tie Yuan, Cao Gaoyuan & Yi Qinglan ed, Jiangxi Cangci Quanji- Qingdai Shang (The complete collection of porcelain of Jiangxi province. Qing dynasty.), 2005, Beijing: Chaohua Publisher, pg. 182. Also see two related family rose vases with Indian lotus decoration on a gold ground, Qianlong mark and of the period, are in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, accession nos. Gu Ci 故瓷011358N and Gu Ci 故瓷011359N.
參一清乾隆金地粉彩花卉紋葫蘆瓶近例，紋飾與尺寸高度相似，前南京博物館藏，現藏於景德鎮中國陶瓷博物館，見鐵源、曹淦源、尹青蘭：《江西藏瓷全集－清代（上）》，朝華出版社，2005 年，頁 182。另參兩例清乾隆款及年代金地粉彩番蓮紋瓶，臺北故宮藏，館藏號「故瓷011358N」及「故瓷011359N」，可資比較。