Qing qianlong Green Hualien ChiQing on fold the shoulder penetration ear pot

• RMB 25300000
• HKD 28619910
• USD 3795000
• EUR 2783000

1. The original Italian private collectors, bought in the early 20th century from China;
2. Sotheby’s in London, on November 12, 2003, no. 172;
3. The original private collectors, acquired in 2003;
4. Christie’s in Hong Kong, May 27, 2008, no. 1579;
5. North America ten surface lingbi on old Tibet, the Numbers EK340 (purchased from Eskenazi)
this huge quantity, straight mouth, long neck, neck symmetrical act the role of the vertical tubular ear, shoulder, shoulder under gradually closed, ring foot, sedate modelling of primitive simplicity. Mouth along, below the neck, near the bottom of foot the banded sea water lines for a week. A set of ears on top of the painted lotus. Neck, shoulder, belly full, strewn at random discretion of lotus, lotus leaf decorative design heavy and complicated and orderly, pure and fresh and not fawn on common, elegant and noble. Bottom of white glaze, are falling behind “the qing qianlong year” six three lines of the seal character.
this painting greatly different from the traditional blue and white, qianlong images using realistic way, the water lily, lotus, lotus leaf, stem, depicted perfectly, display summer quietly elegant scene of the lotus pond. Blue and white hair color composed and do not break is gorgeous, distinct, among the lotus leaf, lotus flowers xie rong is behaved very accurate, fire perfection of blue and white porcelain art embodies the qianlong period. Zhou dunyi of the song dynasty masterpiece, “wang” in “the silt but not imbrued, zhuo QingLian without demon” to praise the lotus noble moral character of a sentence, make to show any rock-it lotus. In addition, the lotus and the meaning of “blessed by many children”, is an auspicious festive colors design. This implements the overall decoration gorgeous, well preserved, with rich the qianlong period of the artistic style of heavy and complicated, it is a very exclusivity display device. Similar device is extremely rare handed down from ancient times, is the national Palace Museum, the old qing cases (recorded in the Palace Museum hidden treasures collected. Blue and white youligong (under), 2000, pp. 144).
“an umbrella such as oil brigitte green leaves, red one with red Joan cup”, no matter after the kunming lake or river, lotus is the star of the Summer Palace, the summer water absolutely. Emperor qianlong loved watching a lotus lotus in summer, not only will show, and wrote numerous drive makes poetry. Which describe the qingyi garden () the Summer Palace, former lotus lotus nearly 60 drive makes poems poems, there are:
“, the six heart while try out along the southwest side OuHua.”
– qianlong twenty-three years “white water rafting view of kunming lake lotus effect this body”
“the green shade of willow trees know shore, into the boat is red-violet road light.”
– qianlong twenty-five years after the rain the kunming lake boating on import,
“a few days is not the same, while the fine along the generic view.”
– qianlong 26 years “view of kunming lake lotus”
“more than a month of kunming is not without, this is when after the rain.”
– qianlong thirty-three years “view of kunming lake boat lotus”