A fine pair of famille rose 'hundred deer' vases Qianlong seal marks, 19th century
Lot 184
A fine pair of famille rose 'hundred deer' vases
Qianlong seal marks, 19th century
Sold for £80,500 (US$ 122,313) inc. premium

Lot Details
A fine pair of famille rose 'hundred deer' vases Qianlong seal marks, 19th century A fine pair of famille rose 'hundred deer' vases Qianlong seal marks, 19th century A fine pair of famille rose 'hundred deer' vases Qianlong seal marks, 19th century A fine pair of famille rose 'hundred deer' vases Qianlong seal marks, 19th century
A fine pair of famille rose 'hundred deer' vases
Qianlong seal marks, 19th century
Of archaistic hu shape, the rounded sides brightly and vividly enamelled with a continuous scene of a herd of deer grazing, prancing and resting in a luxuriant landscape amidst fruiting peach and pine trees, the stags, bucks, does and their young depicted with spotted and dappled fur in reddish brown, brown and white, the shoulder set with a pair of stylised dragon handles in iron-red and gilt. 46cm (18in) high (2).

Footnotes

  • 十九世紀 粉彩百鹿圖雙耳尊一對 青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款

    Provenance: a European private collection

    來源：歐洲私人收藏

    The deer (鹿 lu) is a popular pun in Chinese art for 'emolument' or 'official salary' (祿 lu) and therefore suggesting the ultimate prize of a career within the civil service of Imperial China.

    Furthermore, the deer is associated with Daoism and the God of longevity, Shoulao, and as the only creature able to search out the lingzhi fungus, it is further symbolic of longevity.

    Compare a related pair of 'deer' vases, also with Qianlong seal marks and dated to the late Qing Dynasty, sold at Christie's London, 14 May 2013, lot 274.
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