A RARE BLACK-GROUND AND GREEN-ENAMELLED 'FLORAL' MEIPING
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
清乾隆 墨地綠彩纏枝花卉紋梅瓶 《大清乾隆年製》款
well potted, the broad rounded shoulders elegantly rising from a gently splayed base and sweeping to a tapered neck and a lipped mouth, densely painted to the body with stylised flowerheads borne on meandering vines against a ground of leafy scrolls, all between a ruyi border below the neck and a band of upright lappets encircling the foot, all reserved on a lustrous black ground, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue
Height 18 cm, 7 in.
Elegantly fashioned with gently swelling shoulders and a tapering body, this meiping is a rare and notable example of wares decorated in green enamel against a glossy black ground. The stunning palette, here used to create a silhouette-like floral scroll, was created by first covering the entire vessel in translucent green enamel before reserving the design and adding fine details with black pigment. This colour combination originated in the Kangxi period (r. 1662-1722) as an extension of the famille-verte palette, where polychrome enamels are set against a white ground. By the Yongzheng (r. 1723-1735) and Qianlong reigns the technique was refined by layering the black glaze to produce a glossier opaque effect as on this vase.
While open vessels such as bowls and dishes decorated in this visually striking palette are known, vases are unusual, and those of this form are very rare. Only one other closely related meiping appears to have been published, from the Qing court collection and still in Beijing, it is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures in the Palace Museum. Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains Plain Tricoloured Porcelains, Hong Kong, 2009, pl. 120. Compare also a slightly smaller meiping sold at Christie's New York, 2nd June 1994, lot 361.
落槌价 | 佣金比率 |
0 - 180,000 | 25.00% + VAT |
180,000 - 2,000,000 | 20.00% + VAT |
2,000,000 - 以上 | 13.00% + VAT |
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