A MOLDED, LOBED AND GILT CELADON-GLAZED JARDINIÈRE, QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD
China, 1736-1795. Exquisitely potted with lobed sides supported on five ruyi-head feet and rising to a flattened everted rim, the exterior decorated with five panels enclosing stylized lotus blossoms borne on leafy scrolling vines, the rim with a band of scroll. Covered overall in a superb glaze of pale sea-green color, attractively pooling and darkening in the recesses and thinning to a paler tone in the raised areas. The panels, feet, and rim with gilt decoration. The interior is pierced with two small drainage holes. The base incised with a six-character mark da Qing Qianlong nianzhi and of the period.


Provenance:
English trade.

Condition:
Good condition with expected minor wear overall, some firing irregularities, extensive rubbing to gilt, light scratches, and a microscopic glaze line to the interior.

Weight: 1,374 g
Dimensions: Diameter 22.6 cm


Expert’s note:
This author suspects that many more 18th-century celadon-glazed wares once had gilt decoration similar to the present lot, but that after some of the gilt had inevitably worn off and that in most cases the entire decoration was removed. Another example of such a practice would be the Parthenon marbles, which were ‘cleaned’ by 19th and 20th century conservators who removed the flaking gilt decorations.


Auction result comparison:

Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s London, 12 May 2015, lot 425
Price: GBP 10,000 or approx.
EUR 17,000
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A pair of molded lobed celadon-glazed jardinières, Qianlong incised six-character seal marks and of the period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, decoration, glaze, and reign marks. Note this lot comprises a pair and the gilding of both is completely worn away; according to the condition report from Christie’s, one of the jardinières “has been broken into many pieces with associated losses and has been re-stuck with heavy old restoration to large sections of the rim and elsewhere.”


Auction result comparison:

Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 20 March 2001, lot 257
Price: USD 49,350 or approx.
EUR 78,000
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare gilt-decorated celadon-glazed vase, incised Qianlong seal mark and of the period
Expert remark: Compare the related lotus gilt decoration. Note the different form. Note the size (22.8 cm).




乾隆款及年代青釉描金葵口花缸

中國，1736-1795 年。 葵口折沿，深弧腹，五如意足。外壁模印五塊開光，纏枝蓮紋。通體施淡綠色青釉，在凹處變暗，在凸起處變薄至較淺的色調。蓮紋、足、口沿均有鎏金裝飾。內部有兩個小排水孔。底座刻有“大清乾隆年製”六字款。


來源：
英國古玩交易。

品相：
狀況良好，整體有輕微磨損，製造不規則、鎏金有大量摩擦，輕微劃痕，內部有微小的釉線。

重量：1,374 克
尺寸：直徑 22.6 厘


拍賣比較：

形制：非常相近
拍賣：倫敦佳士得，2015年5月12日，lot 425
價格：GBP 10,000（相當今日
EUR 17,000
）
描述：乾隆款及年代一對青釉描金葵口花缸
專家註釋：比較非常相近的外形，裝飾，釉面和年代款。請注意此拍品為一對，兩件的鎏金均已完全磨損； 根據佳士得的狀況報告，其中一個花缸“已碎成許多碎片，並進行了重新修復。”


拍賣比較：

形制：相近
拍賣：紐約佳士得，2001年3月20日，lot 257
價格：USD 49,350（相當今日
EUR 78,000
）
描述：乾隆款及年代鎏金裝飾青釉花瓶
專家註釋：比較相近的蓮花鎏金裝飾。請注意不同的外形和尺寸 (22.8 厘米)。