Lot n° 38
Estimation :
2000 - 4000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 80 600EUR
CHINA, JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820) - Lot 38
CHINA, JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820)
Porcelain and polychrome enamel and grisaille scholar's screen with double-sided decoration: two sages on a cliff sheltered by a longevity pine watching the rising sun emerge from foaming waves; the reverse decorated with a lakeside landscape animated by two figures watching a pavilion at the foot of a mountain on the other bank, a third figure crossing a natural bridge. Each face framed by a frieze of prunus flowers on a black background, bordered by a second polychrome enamelled frieze of lotus flowers and foliage on a yellow background.
On a carved wooden base with three poly-lobed medallions in the lower part.
Dim. porcelain plate: 14.7 x 18.8 cm - Total dim. with wooden base: 22.5 x 21.5 cm
(A small part of the wooden base is missing)
Provenance
Presumed private collection of Monsieur Auguste Gérard (1852-1922), French ambassador to China (1893-1897) and Japan (1907-1913).
Then by descent to the current owner.
Present in the family inventory made in November 1976 under number 36 page 6 "Plaque porcelaine Chine XVIII° siècle sur socle en bois".
An anonymized copy of the page concerning this lot may be issued to the buyer.
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