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Auction archive: Lot number 2520

A RARE CANTON ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' VASE

Estimate
HK$350,000 - HK$450,000
ca. US$45,158 - US$58,060
Price realised:
HK$500,000
ca. US$64,511
Auction archive: Lot number 2520

A RARE CANTON ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' VASE

Estimate
HK$350,000 - HK$450,000
ca. US$45,158 - US$58,060
Price realised:
HK$500,000
ca. US$64,511
Beschreibung:

A RARE CANTON ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' VASE
A RARE CANTON ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' VASE QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The flaring sides superbly enamelled on one side with a cartouche depicting a river landscape scene, detailed with a European gentleman dressed in breeches and wearing an unbuttoned yellow jacket, holding a tricorn hat in one hand, the other clutching a long stick, leaning in an animated stance toward his attentive dog, the reverse side similarly decorated, all against a dense network of scrolling rosettes on a stippled turquoise-ground, repeated on the angled shoulder and the tapered cylindrical neck, divided with a bands of black spirals against a yellow-ground at intervals, the elegant neck flanked by a pair of stylised scroll-form handles, enamelled in blue, raised on a splayed foot, the interior and underside of the base with white enamel, the base bearing the reign mark in blue enamel 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 2520
Auction:
Datum:
3 Dec 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
3 December 2008, Hong Kong
Beschreibung:

A RARE CANTON ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' VASE
A RARE CANTON ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' VASE QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The flaring sides superbly enamelled on one side with a cartouche depicting a river landscape scene, detailed with a European gentleman dressed in breeches and wearing an unbuttoned yellow jacket, holding a tricorn hat in one hand, the other clutching a long stick, leaning in an animated stance toward his attentive dog, the reverse side similarly decorated, all against a dense network of scrolling rosettes on a stippled turquoise-ground, repeated on the angled shoulder and the tapered cylindrical neck, divided with a bands of black spirals against a yellow-ground at intervals, the elegant neck flanked by a pair of stylised scroll-form handles, enamelled in blue, raised on a splayed foot, the interior and underside of the base with white enamel, the base bearing the reign mark in blue enamel 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 2520
Auction:
Datum:
3 Dec 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
3 December 2008, Hong Kong
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