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AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE PAIR OF PAINTED ENAMEL MOONFLASKS, BIANHU, QIANLONG PERIOD
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04月16日 下午5点 开拍 /14天1小时
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Expert's note: This pair of moonflasks is extremely rare. Although vessels of this form were produced in a variety of materials, including porcelain, cloisonné enamel, jade, and bronze, no comparable examples in painted enamel appear to be recorded. Across all mediums, it is further rare to find moonflasks which follow the practical prototype so closely, including loops on the narrow sides reserved for leather straps that would have originally carried them. China, 1736-1795. Each is skillfully modeled with a circular body on a splayed foot, rising to a cylindrical neck and set with a pair of lugs on each narrow side. Finely painted in gilt and vivid enamels, the flasks show figural scenes before mountain and river landscapes, framed by blue and yellow grounds of dense floral scrollwork. The neck and foot carry additional scrolling decoration, and lobed cartouches enclosing peach branches appear on the longer sides of the foot. The first Bianhu with a scholar accompanied by an official and two bearers holding yellow dragon banners, and with three goats (sanyang) beside rockwork, the reverse depicting a female deity playing a flute for her two immortal companions and a young boy.The second Bianhu shows two elderly swordsmen, one wearing a wide-brimmed feathered hat and the other an official's cap, accompanied by a noble lady, the verso featuring Manchurian nobility and a musician. (2)Provenance: British trade. Acquired from a noted private collection, London, United Kingdom. Condition: Good condition. Old wear and manufacturing irregularities, including firing cracks to the interior. The enamels with typical crackling and minor losses, several sensitively retouched. Some warping, light dents and bruises, a few small nicks, and surface scratches. Well preserved overall, especially in comparison with many 18th-century Canton enamels, which commonly show heavier enamel loss and more pronounced distortion.Weight: 1.2 kg (each) Dimensions: Heigth 34.8 cm 35.3 cmThe strength of this pair of painted enamel moonflasks lies in the vivid palette and the balanced figural scenes, finely framed and contrasted with intricate floral scrollwork. Such wares were produced in Guangzhou by accomplished workshop artists trained in techniques transmitted by Jesuit missionaries, who introduced enameling on metal to China during the early Qing dynasty.Painting in enamels on copper is essentially a Western art that gained prominence in northern Europe during the Renaissance and flourished in China under the reign of the Qianlong Emperor. Once the piece was shaped, the copper was prepared with a ground of plain enamel to receive the painting in glassy pigments which then bonded to it by firing. The resulting clear and brilliant contrast of colors, which allowed for ornate decoration, was particularly suited to the young Qianlong Emperor's taste for the opulent and exotic. The technique was first introduced to Guangzhou by Jesuit missionaries who entered the port with samples of Limoges wares from Europe around 1700. It was then presented to the Palace Workshop between 1714 and 1716 by the enamel factories in Guangzhou, who supplied versatile artisans dedicated to developing and improving the standard of the imperial Enamel Workshop (see Yang Boda in the catalog to the exhibition Tributes from Guangzhou to the Qing Court, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1987, page 63). Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 7 April 2013, lot 3054Estimate: HKD 500,000 or approx. EUR 72,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A Canton enamel warmer and cover, Qing dynasty, Qianlong periodExpert remark: Compare the closely related decoration and motifs with similar colors, scrollwork, and figural reserves. Note that this lot comprises a single handwarmer.

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