Description
WUCAI-DECORATED ROLL VASE Jingdezhen porcelain (China), Transitional Period, Qing Dynasty, early Kangxi period (1662-1722), circa 1670-1675 Paris mount, circa 1690-1720 Porcelain, iron-red, copper-green, light turquoise and manganese enamels on a white background; chased bronze, gilded with mercury, amatized and burnished Very good condition H. 42 cm Provenance Antoine Lebel, Brussels Private collection, Paris This Chinese porcelain five-coloured high-shoulder scroll vase has a Wucai decoration typical of the Transitional period, between the end of the Ming (1368- 1644) and the beginning of the Qing (1644-1912). It is decorated with two large friezes of green leaves and red lotus flowers, painted in reserve on a background of stylised scales in shades of red. A frieze of grecians surmounted by green and red flames marks the base of the neck, while vermiculae decorate the base of the body. This type of decoration, typical of Chinese porcelain of the Transitional period, is found on pots and dishes as well as vases. The same ornaments of flames and grecians can be found at the base of the neck of a scroll vase in the Grandidier collection, now in the Musée Guimet, whose body also features mantling motifs painted in reserve on a scale background (fig. 1). There is also a small round dish from the same or early Kangxi period (1662-1722). Its floral decoration is comparable to ours (fig. 2). A rich gilt-bronze mounting also embellishes the ends of our vase, in the manner of a piece of goldsmith's art. The lip is thus gadrooned and the foot set with a frieze of interlacing bordered, in the upper part, by a row of lambrequins and underlined by a vermiculated band. Although mantling also adorns the Kangxi ewer in the Getty (fig. Kangxi ewer in the Getty (fig. 3), the interlacing with fleurons and bouterolles is reminiscent of the most luxurious ormolu fittings on Louis XIV furniture and clocks (fig. 4). Further information from the collector is available by QR Code in the PDF. Collector's information sheet updated with the results of the Heginbotham brass analysis
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WUCAI-DECORATED ROLL VASE Jingdezhen porcelain (China), Transitional Period, Qing Dynasty, early Kangxi period (1662-1722), circa 1670-1675 Paris mount, circa 1690-1720 Porcelain, iron-red, copper-green, light turquoise and manganese enamels on a white background; chased bronze, gilded with mercury, amatized and burnished Very good condition H. 42 cm Provenance Antoine Lebel, Brussels Private collection, Paris This Chinese porcelain five-coloured high-shoulder scroll vase has a Wucai decoration typical of the Transitional period, between the end of the Ming (1368- 1644) and the beginning of the Qing (1644-1912). It is decorated with two large friezes of green leaves and red lotus flowers, painted in reserve on a background of stylised scales in shades of red. A frieze of grecians surmounted by green and red flames marks the base of the neck, while vermiculae decorate the base of the body. This type of decoration, typical of Chinese porcelain of the Transitional period, is found on pots and dishes as well as vases. The same ornaments of flames and grecians can be found at the base of the neck of a scroll vase in the Grandidier collection, now in the Musée Guimet, whose body also features mantling motifs painted in reserve on a scale background (fig. 1). There is also a small round dish from the same or early Kangxi period (1662-1722). Its floral decoration is comparable to ours (fig. 2). A rich gilt-bronze mounting also embellishes the ends of our vase, in the manner of a piece of goldsmith's art. The lip is thus gadrooned and the foot set with a frieze of interlacing bordered, in the upper part, by a row of lambrequins and underlined by a vermiculated band. Although mantling also adorns the Kangxi ewer in the Getty (fig. Kangxi ewer in the Getty (fig. 3), the interlacing with fleurons and bouterolles is reminiscent of the most luxurious ormolu fittings on Louis XIV furniture and clocks (fig. 4). Further information from the collector is available by QR Code in the PDF. Collector's information sheet updated with the results of the Heginbotham brass analysis
