J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
MenuPast Exhibition
Chinese Art from the Scholar’s Studio
March 13 - April 11, 2015
19.
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SCROLL-FORM STAND OR ARMREST
Kangxi/Yongzheng Period, Early 18th Century
cast in bronze and enamelled with a formal floral diaper pattern imitating silk brocade, the rows of yellow-centered blue florettes in cells interspersed with lozenge motifs, all outlined in gilded wires on a turquoise-blue ground, the underside, curled ends and border all richly gilded.
Length 15 7⁄8 inches (40.3 cm)
Provenance
Shuisongshi Shanfang Collection
Compare the cloisonné enamel scroll-form stand from the Sedgwick collection illustrated in the catalogue of the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition, Arts of the Ming Dynasty, London, 1957, no. 331, described as an armrest. The same example of this rare form is illustrated by Garner, Chinese and Japanese Cloisonné Enamels, London, 2nd ed., 1970, pl. 57, and by Brinker and Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, no. 174.
A lacquer stand of very similar form, decorated with flowers on a similar formal diaper ground and bearing a Kangxi reign mark, is illustrated by Lee, Oriental Lacquer Art, Tokyo, 1972, p. 207, pl. 142, where the author states “…this type of work was very popular during K’ang Hsi’s reign and was made at the imperial workshop under the supervision of Liu Yuan.”
清 康熙－雍正時期 嵌絲琺瑯錦地卷書式几 長 40.3 厘米
Additional Images (Touch to enlarge)
19.
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SCROLL-FORM STAND OR ARMREST
Kangxi/Yongzheng Period, Early 18th Century
Length 15 7⁄8 inches (40.3 cm)