AN IMPORTANT AND VERY FINE INSCRIBED FALANGCAI ENAMELLED 'LO...
Estimate: HK$6,000,000 - HK$8,000,000
ca. US$774,126 - US$1,032,168
Price realised: HK$34,260,000
ca. US$4,420,259
AN IMPORTANT AND VERY FINE INSCRIBED FALANGCAI ENAMELLED 'LOFTY MOUNTAIN' MALLET-SHAPED VASE
YONGZHENG-QIANLONG PERIOD (1723-1795)
AN IMPORTANT AND VERY FINE INSCRIBED FALANGCAI ENAMELLED 'LOFTY MOUNTAIN' MALLET-SHAPED VASE YONGZHENG-QIANLONG PERIOD (1723-1795) The rounded body of the vase is finely potted with a broad base and a rounded shoulder under a high cylindrical neck. The exterior is superbly enamelled with a continuous landscape scene that is finely detailed to depict a scholar standing beneath a tall gnarled pine tree and holding a bound book in offering to an elderly scholar holding a long staff in one hand. The figures are standing on a promontary with distant craggy mountains partially shrouded with misty clouds in the far distance. The reverse side with a poem in xiaozhuan , small seal script, followed by an iron-red seal mark, Yunxiu , 'Cloudy mountain peaks' 7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high, wood stand
Informations about the auction |
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| Auction house: | Christie's |
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| Title: | Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art |
| Date of the auction: | 28 Nov 2012 |
| Address: |
Christie's 28 November 2012, Grand Hall, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre |
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