A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER PRUNUS-SHAPED BOWL AND COVER, ZHADOU

Qianlong

Qianlong
The five-lobed vessel rising to a wide everted rim, deeply carved with panels of leafy, flowering peony stems and blossoming prunus branches, on a wan-diaper ground, the underside of the rim incised with panels of lotus blooms, the interior and base lacquered black, with a later jade finial. 15.7cm (6 1/8in) wide. (2).

清乾隆 剔紅牡丹紋花口唾盂

Provenance:
Spink & Son Ltd., London
Mrs G. N. Parry (1923-2013), London, acquired from the above on 12 April 1951, and thence by descent

來源：
倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd.
倫敦G.N.Parry夫人（1923-2013）舊藏，於1951年4月12日購自上者，並由後人保存迄今

Compare with a related cinnabar lacquer lobed zhadou and cover, in the Hall of the Three Rarities, Sanxitang, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Imperial Furniture of Ming and Qing Dynasties: Classics of the Forbidden City, Beijing, 2008, p.340, no.373; and another carved cinnabar lacquer 'chrysanthemum' spittoon and cover, 18th century, illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London, 2016, p.873, nos.2011. See also related circular lacquer zhadou and cover, Qianlong, illustrated by S.Kwan, Chinese Lacquer, Hong Kong, 2010, pp.291, no.103; and another related zhadou, 18th century, in the Shenyang Palace Museum, illustrated by R.L.Thorpe, Son of Heaven: Imperial Arts of China, Seattle, 1988, p.96, no.28.

See a similar carved lacquer prunus-shaped zhadou, 18th century, which was sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2013, lot 1321.

參見北京故宮博物院乾隆皇帝御書房三希堂陳設一件剔紅唾盂，形花口，收錄於《明清宮廷家具》，北京，2008年，頁340，圖373；以及一件十八世紀剔紅菊紋花口唾盂，見J.Ayers編著，《Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen》，倫敦，2016年，頁873，編號2011。另有清乾隆剔紅蟠桃佛手紋唾盂一對，見關善明著《中國漆藝》，香港，2010年，頁290-1，編號103；及瀋陽故宮博物院館藏一件剔紅唾盂，收錄於R.L.Thorpe著，《Son of Heaven: Imperial Arts of China》，西雅圖，1988年，頁96，編號28，可為比對。

紐約佳士得曾售出一件十八世紀剔彩喜上眉梢紋花口唾盂，2013年3月22日，拍品編號1321，可資參考。