USD 20,000 - USD 30,000

USD 40,000

2008年9月17日

纽约

佳士得(CHRISTIE’S)

IMPERIAL, COMPLETED AT THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1760
Of flattened form with flat lip and recessed, flat rounded-rectangular foot surrounded by a footrim, with a layer of opaque white sandwiched between two transparent layers, carved with raised panels on each side, the two main sides incised in regular script with two parts of a couplet reading ‘Moon white and pure as ice, it keeps aromatic vapor and remains unsullied‘, followed by Qianlong yuzhi (‘Made by Imperial command of the Qianlong Emperor‘) and on the other, ‘[Like] frost and snowflakes, it embodies the very essence of elegance‘ followed by ‘Composed in the gengchen year‘ (corresponding to 1760), the narrow sides with mask-and-ring handles, enameled porcelain stopper painted with a floral design, gilt-metal collar
(6.03 cm.) high
来源:
Galia Baylin
Sotheby‘s, New York, 3 October 1980, lot 40
Hugh M. Moss Ltd.