A pair of Chinese enamelled 'Li Bai' jar covers Late Qing dynasty...
A pair of Chinese enamelled 'Li Bai' jar covers
Late Qing dynasty
Each of the domed covers enamelled in mirror image with the liquor-loving poet reclining against rocks and gazing contentedly at his wine cup under the shining moon, 8.5cm diameters (2) (VAT charged on hammer price).
清晚期 繪詩仙紋蓋一對
Note: Li Bai (701-762) was a Tang dynasty poet, acclaimed both during his life and in the present day as supremely skilled poet, and his poems were models for celebrating the pleasures of friendship, the depth of nature, solitude, and, of course, the joys of drinking wine. Along with his friend Du Fu (712-770), the pair were at the forefront at what is now regarded as the 'Golden Age of Chinese Poetry'.
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A pair of Chinese enamelled 'Li Bai' jar covers
Late Qing dynasty
Each of the domed covers enamelled in mirror image with the liquor-loving poet reclining against rocks and gazing contentedly at his wine cup under the shining moon, 8.5cm diameters (2) (VAT charged on hammer price).
清晚期 繪詩仙紋蓋一對
Note: Li Bai (701-762) was a Tang dynasty poet, acclaimed both during his life and in the present day as supremely skilled poet, and his poems were models for celebrating the pleasures of friendship, the depth of nature, solitude, and, of course, the joys of drinking wine. Along with his friend Du Fu (712-770), the pair were at the forefront at what is now regarded as the 'Golden Age of Chinese Poetry'.
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