The Three Emperors: Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns from the Yidetang Collection

The Three Emperors: Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns from the Yidetang Collection

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 17. A large doucai 'floral' jardinière, Seal mark and period of Qianlong | 清乾隆 鬪彩團花卷草紋缸 《大清乾隆年製》款.

A large doucai 'floral' jardinière, Seal mark and period of Qianlong | 清乾隆 鬪彩團花卷草紋缸 《大清乾隆年製》款

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October 12, 11:48 AM GMT

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1,200,000 - 1,800,000 HKD

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A large doucai 'floral' jardinière

Seal mark and period of Qianlong

清乾隆 鬪彩團花卷草紋缸 《大清乾隆年製》款


sturdily potted with deep rounded sides gently rising from a recessed base to an incurved lipped rim, finely decorated in a brilliant doucai palette with famille-rose accents around the exterior with five large medallions enclosing a large lotus bloom surrounded by smaller blossoms amidst curling leaves, each divided by elaborate floral strapwork, all between a border of lotus lappets around the base and ruyi and floral panel borders below the rim, inscribed to the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue, the interior plain

d. 32.7 cm

A New York private collection.

Christie's New York, 19th September 1996, lot 328.


紐約私人收藏

紐約佳士得1996年9月19日,編號328

The present jardinière belongs to a small group of vessels that successfully incorporate two decorative styles – the doucai palette invented in the Ming dynasty, and famille-rose enamels developed in the Yongzheng period. The sturdily potted vessel, densely painted with Rococo-inspired composite floral scrolls outlined in cobalt blue and enhanced by bright, opaque enamels, represents the Qianlong Emperor's eclectic taste that shaped the development during his reign. 


A few similar jardinières are preserved in major museums, including one from the J.M. Hu collection in the Shanghai Museum, published in Selected Ceramics from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Hu, Shanghai, 1989, cat. no. 68; another in the Idemitsu Museum, Tokyo, illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, pl. 947; and a further example in Sekai toji zenshu / Ceramic Art of the World, vol. 15, Tokyo, 1983, pls 94 and 95. Comparable jardinières were sold in these rooms, 27th April 1999, lot 432, and 2nd May 2000, lot 675. A similar example was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28th November 2006, lot 1546.


本品紋飾結合鬪彩及粉彩,前者創於大明,後者完備於大清雍正一朝,釉彩繽紛奪目,宛若百花爭妍,團花卷草紋飾見西洋洛可可風格,青花細膩勾勒,輝映明豔釉彩,富麗豐華,反映乾隆皇帝之品味。


比較胡惠春舊藏一例,現為上海博物館藏品,出版於《胡惠春先生王華雲女士捐贈瓷器精品選》,上海,1989年,編號68;東京出光美術館藏一例,錄於《世界陶磁全集》,卷15,東京,1983年,圖版94、95。參考香港蘇富比售出類例,1999年4月27日,編號432,及2000年5月2日,編號675。香港佳士得亦曾售一例,2006年11月28日,編號1546。