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A PAIR OF RARE LARGE CINNABAR LACQUER DOUBLE-GOURD 'DAJI' VASES
QianlongBoth vases with slightly flattened sides and narrow waists, rising from rectangular flared feet, the cinnabar lacquer finely carved with scrolling lotus on a diaper ground, with gilt medallions inset to both the the upper lower bulbs with the characters da "Great" and ji "Auspiciousness". 18 7/8in (47.9cm) high (2).
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清乾隆 剔紅纏枝花卉紋「大吉」葫蘆瓶一對Compare with a related cinnabar-lacquer 'double-gourd' vase, late 18th century, decorated with medallions enclosing the Da Ji characters in gilt metal on a blue enamel ground in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated by E.F. Strange, Catalogue of Chinese Lacquer, London, 1925, no.33, pl.XV.Other similar examples of cinnabar 'Da ji' vases were sold in our London salesroom, 5 November 2020, lot 106, and a single cinnabar vase, 18th century, was sold at Christie's, New York, 13-14 September 2012, lot 1298.See also Zhang Rong (Chief Editor) The Creation of Natural Immensity and Grandeur, The Yang Shan Fang Collection of Lacquer from Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Beijing, 2020, pp.206-207, no. 61, for another superb pair with inlays of mother-of-pearl da and ji characters and chrysanthemum flowerheads replacing the lotus of our example. The characters Da Ji express the wish for good fortune and are frequently used to decorate objects bearing a double-gourd shape. The bottle gourd itself is associated with the Daoist Immortals, particularly with Li Tieguai who used the gourd as a container for medicine. The pairing of the bottle gourd with the Da Ji characters thus creates a particularly auspicious object.
