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CHINA, 19th century Rare porcelain vase
A baluster-shaped va…
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CHINA, 19th century Rare porcelain vase
A baluster-shaped va…
See original version (French)
Estimate €60,000 - €80,000
Voluntary lot
Description
CHINA, 19th century
Rare porcelain vase
A baluster-shaped vase based on the "Hu" model, standing on a short foot, with a chalice-shaped body with a marked shoulder, topped by a short neck that flares slightly at the opening. The vase is decorated with friezes in five registers and painted in polychrome and gold enamels with lotus scrolls. Flanked by two handles in the shape of chimera heads holding rings. The neck is edged with a gold border. Bearing a four-character workshop mark "Jingwei tang zhi" (敬畏堂製, meaning "Made for the Pavilion of the Auguste Reverence") in iron red below the base.
Height: 14.7 cm
Width: 12 cm
(A chip on the heel, restoration)
This small porcelain vase was inspired by much larger bronze models from the Han dynasty. These archaic forms, known as "Hu", are characterised by a rounded body topped by a narrow neck, and by shoulder handles formed by zoomorphic masks holding movable rings.
Like many other forms from the archaic repertoire, these models exerted a lasting influence throughout the Qing dynasty. At the instigation of the emperors, who were keen to pay tribute to the forms of the past, the craftsmen of the imperial workshops in Jingdezhen produced numerous variations in porcelain, some of which were directly inspired by these ancient prototypes.
A vase of a similar shape, bearing a Qianlong mark, is held in the collections of the Palace Museum, under the inventory number 00154496.
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