Important Americana
Important Americana
Property from the Estate of Andrew Hartnagle
A LARGE AND RARE CHINESE EXPORT UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND 'MANDARIN PALETTE' 'RIVERSCAPE' PUNCH BOWL, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1785 | 清乾隆 約1785年 粉彩山水圖大盌
Auction Closed
January 26, 08:38 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A LARGE AND RARE CHINESE EXPORT UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND 'MANDARIN PALETTE' 'RIVERSCAPE' PUNCH BOWL
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1785
清乾隆 約1785年 粉彩山水圖大盌
the exterior finely painted on two sides with an extensive and bustling riverscape scene within a rocaillerie border in underglaze-blue, interspersed by two further, smaller landscape panels depicting European buildings, the interior rim with an underglaze-blue diaper band with a further spearhead band underneath, the interior base painted with floral branches
diameter 15⅞ in.; 40.2 cm
The Collection of Bruce and Jean Beaudette
Sotheby's New York, January 31st, 1991, lot 549
An virtually identical example was sold at Christie's October 30th, 1989, lot 45. A pair of punch bowls with identical borders, but painted with Chinese figures in a European inspired garden with pavilions and terraces was sold in our Monaco rooms, June 23rd, 1986, lot 1336; and a further example was sold in these rooms, January 31st, 1992, lot 135. The delicateness of the brush strokes, as well as the use of linear perspective elements on the present example is reminiscent of the famous and contemporary 'Hong' punch bowls, depicting the thirteen foreign factories on the Pearl River in Guangzhou (Canton). An example of the 'Hong' punch bowl, from the collection of Arthur and Sarah Jo Kobacker, is offered in this sale, lot 1901.