Enamel painting on porcelain. China, Qing, Tongzhi (1862 – 1874)
Distinctive, on the domed lid, is the lovely-hued painting with big pink-colored peony blossoms as well as branches and foliage; on one branch is a yellow-grey bird, probably a fink. On the bottom part, an inscription all-around, on the bottom is the four-character hall mark Shende Tangzhi, "made for the hall of mindful virtue".
HEIGHT 6,5 CM, DM 9,8 CM
From the collection of Jürgen L. Fischer, Ascona, Switzerland
Jürgen L. Fischer was one of the major European collectors of Chinese art. The extensive size of the collection largely owes to the family’s fortune from the invention of the world-famous “Uhu Alleskleber ” in 1932 (the first synthetic resin glue world-wide) by grandfather August Fischer. Jürgen L. Fischer, who lived until 2013, was an avid collector of Chinese porcelain in an astonishing wide variety, in every size and from every time period. Jürgen Fischer passed on his comprehensive knowledge in numerous specialist books – among others, his large and very instructive book about the art of Chinese snuffbottles and also an antiquarian’s guide to Chinese art.