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清雍正 / 乾隆 廣東銅胎畫琺瑯雙鳳拱壽荷包式鼻煙壺
描述
- copper
來源
巴黎 Millon Jutheau 拍賣,Hôtel Drouot,1983年11月6日,編號74
Belfort 收藏
展覽
Robert Kleiner,《Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and George Bloch》,大英博物館,倫敦,1995年,編號21
《Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and George Bloch》,以色列博物館,耶路撒冷,1997年
出版
Condition
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
拍品資料及來源
The style here is typically southern, tending toward the rococo that indicates the distinction of Guangzhou wares from their Beijing counterparts. As a general rule, Beijing designs, particularly formalised floral scrolls, tended to be painted in a more austere, coherent style than their Guangzhou counterparts. (There are exceptions, of course.) The Guangzhou tendency toward over-complication and confusing colours is evident in the birds’ wings, which are formalised into a series of curving feathers, each of a different colour, some with frilly additional drawing over the colours, and some even changing colour midway along the feather. Taken together with a similar tendency in the scrolling vines that trail from the birds’ beaks, the effect is that of an exuberant textile design, a proverbial riot of colour—veering close to the barroom brawl.
However one might question the coherence of the design and colouring, there is no doubt that technically and artistically this piece is one of the finest of the earlier works from Guangzhou, echoing the quality of the example in the imperial illustrated in Li Jiufang 2002, no. 137 and Yang Boda 2002 – 2004, vol. 6, p. 122, plate 185, which may have come from the same time and workshop. The early dating of these pouches is endorsed by one in the Denis Low Collection (Kleiner 1999, no. 8) that is of a related design; that pouch features a black ground, which was typical of the Yongzheng period and then quickly phased out early in the Qianlong reign. Even though the occasional black ground may have resurfaced on private wares produced in the South after 1736, it remains a useful indicator of a Yongzheng date for enamels on metal in general.