The qing emperor kangxi Colorful peach lines cover 盌 footed

• RMB 951900
• HKD 1162800
• USD 150000
• EUR 118500

source
Duncan Beresford – Jones, Esq., (1903-2000), collection, sea Ding Hanm castle, Essex, England
Christie’s of London on June 6, 2000, no. 358

exhibition “held ancient melting today: jerri don hidden kangxi porcelain exhibition, sotheby’s, New York, 2014, no. 31

related information of this product best cover 盌, shape of dignified, tonal gentle elegant, reveals the late kangxi dynasty jingdezhen artisans become technology, although no model, but see porcelain artisan prowess, can infer is for the imperial system. Peach, meaning longevity longevity, therefore this 盌 or for the celebration.
the Ming and qing dynasties, 60, seventy, eighty, the emperor and the queen mother birthday very grand, lasted for several weeks, banquet, a grand ceremony, and all kinds of gifts, or for sacrifice, or for a reward. For preparing kangxi his 60th birthday, jingdezhen porcelain making, earlier than two years ago began to burn, his seventy birthday is so, but the kangxi emperor died three months before the seventieth birthday.

this product and similar 盌 example, decorative longevity meaning, skillfully refined, shall be the queen or the kangxi emperor was made his 60th birthday, or system for kangxi seven hundred thousand life of celebration. Strong forestry account once this batch of porcelain wares, see, the Arts of Asia, vol 40, no. 5201 – October 9, pp. 106-117.

the best 盌 with cover is extremely rare, this product is the only known with the original cover the original button. Besides this product, see only cover cases, but its cover button is after the change, from Ernest Grandidier collection, courtesy of auspicious beautiful Paris museum (collection number G 3493), a figure in the Oriental Ceramics “, Tokyo, 1981, volume 7, 154 chart (figure 1).

the other can be reference for similar without cover case, case is old qing, existing in nanjing museum, in the qing dynasty porcelain extraction Jane: Kang Yonggan in the qing dynasty imperial porcelain “, at the Chinese university of Hong Kong heritage museum, Hong Kong, in 1995, possesses the 25; Museum of Beijing the imperial palace, now a case, also belong to the old, the qing, in the palace Museum: an ancient ceramics data, vol. 2, Beijing, 2005, 52 chart; See example, existing in dresden Porzellansammlung, 2 show the Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst “, Berlin, 1929, no. 1022; Example, see also said by Sir Harry Garner picking collection, sotheby’s ‘s sale in London on June 7, 1994, no. 379. Goodbye, sold at Christie’ s in Hong Kong on May 30, 2006, no. 1428.