An exceptional cloisonné conjoined double vase with mythical beasts and dragons
Lot-No. 236
Proceeds : 8.700 €
An exceptional cloisonné conjoined double vase with mythical beasts and dragons. China, Qing-dynasty (1644-1911). Polychrome cloisonné on a gilt copper body. A pair of conjoined moonflasks, each with disc-shaped body and straight neck on an everted foot. At the front a depiction of 9 playing Fô-dogs in a rocky landscape with waterfall, next to this scene a depiction of a books expelling Qilin. Verso a depiction of a large and a smaller dragon looking at each other, next to them a phoenix bird. Neck, sides and feet with ornamental pattern, partly in the shape of stylized taotie masks. Four-character Qianlong mark. H. 39,5 cm. - The complex iconography of the depictions combines allusions of the Qianlong Emperor and his parents together with auspicious wishes for a happy family life. In this perspective, the large dragon represents the Emperor's father, Emperor Yongzhen, whereas the phoenix is a symbol of the Emperor's mother. - See a nearly identical piece, dated Qianlong-period, sold at: Christies, London, sale 7878, 9/11/2010, #270.
An exceptional cloisonné conjoined double vase with mythical beasts and dragons
An exceptional cloisonné conjoined double vase with mythical beasts and dragons
Lot-No. 236
Proceeds : 8.700 €
An exceptional cloisonné conjoined double vase with mythical beasts and dragons. China, Qing-dynasty (1644-1911). Polychrome cloisonné on a gilt copper body. A pair of conjoined moonflasks, each with disc-shaped body and straight neck on an everted foot. At the front a depiction of 9 playing Fô-dogs in a rocky landscape with waterfall, next to this scene a depiction of a books expelling Qilin. Verso a depiction of a large and a smaller dragon looking at each other, next to them a phoenix bird. Neck, sides and feet with ornamental pattern, partly in the shape of stylized taotie masks. Four-character Qianlong mark. H. 39,5 cm. - The complex iconography of the depictions combines allusions of the Qianlong Emperor and his parents together with auspicious wishes for a happy family life. In this perspective, the large dragon represents the Emperor's father, Emperor Yongzhen, whereas the phoenix is a symbol of the Emperor's mother. - See a nearly identical piece, dated Qianlong-period, sold at: Christies, London, sale 7878, 9/11/2010, #270.
