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AN EXTREMELY RARE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER EMBELLISHED SPINACH-GREEN JADE BOWL
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AN EXTREMELY RARE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER EMBELLISHED SPINACH-GREEN JADE BOWL
Estimate
(Set Currency)
    HK$700,000 - HK$900,000
  • ($90,596 - $116,481)

Sale Information

Sale 2811
The Imperial Sale Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
31 May 2010
Hong Kong Buy Catalog





Lot Description

AN EXTREMELY RARE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER EMBELLISHED SPINACH-GREEN JADE BOWL
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

The jade well carved with gently rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, the exterior covered with red lacquer carved to depict lotus blooms against a dense ground of scrolling foliage, the reign mark incised to the base and gilt
4 3/4 in. (12.3 cm.) diam.


清乾隆 御製碧玉胎剔紅花卉紋盌 描金刻《大清乾隆年製》篆書款

盌碧玉胎，撇口，深腹，圈足。盌外壁朱漆錦地上剔花卉紋，足牆雕回紋一周，足圈內碧玉上描金刻「大清乾隆年製」篆書款。

此器造型規整，工藝獨特，傳世品中未有所見，為孤品，甚為珍罕。此器2008年12月18日於巴黎蘇富比拍賣，拍品126號。

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Provenance

Previously sold at Sotheby's Paris, 18 December 2008, lot 126

Lot Notes

The 18th century was a period of experimentation in which the Qianlong Emperor in particular, was very keen to combine or simulate different materials. While the present bowl is extremely rare and no other known examples of jade bowls with further lacquer decoration appear to have been published, a number of other examples of similar experimentation are known. Cf. a Jiaqing-marked famille rose porcelain vase with a carved lacquer neck included in the present sale, lot 1910.

Plain spinach-green jade bowls of the same form with Qianlong sealmarks are widely published, for example see a spinach-green jade bowl with from the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji, pl. 49-50.

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