Lot 37 清乾隆　剔紅纏枝花卉紋「大吉」葫蘆瓶一對 | A PAIR OF CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER AND JADE 'DAJI' DOUBLE-GOURD VASES

清乾隆　剔紅纏枝花卉紋「大吉」葫蘆瓶一對 | A PAIR OF CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER AND JADE 'DAJI' DOUBLE-GOURD VASES

Qianlong

HKD 200,000

HKD 200000 - 300000

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Qianlong
Each vase with slightly flattened sides and narrow waist, the upper bulb decorated with a central lobed medallion to either side enclosing the da character inlaid with jade against a diaper ground, the lower bulb similarly inlaid with a ji character within a medallion to either side, all reserved on a diaper ground with a dense pattern of blossom borne on scrolling stems, the spreading foot further decorated with floral bands above a key-fret border, brocade stands, old fitted wood box.
Each 37cm (14 5/8in) high (3).
Footnotes
清乾隆　剔紅纏枝花卉紋「大吉」葫蘆瓶一對
Provenance:
Acquired in Tokyo, September 2013
Published and Illustrated:
Zhang Rong, ed., The Creation of Natural Immensity and Grandeur: The Yang Ming Shan Fang Collection of Lacquer from Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Beijing, 2020, pp.206-207, no.61
2013年9月東京購藏
張榮主編，《巧法造化：陽明山房藏宋元明清漆器》，北京，2020年，頁206至207，編號61
A closely related 'double-gourd' vase (31.3cm high) is in the Qing Court collection, now in the Palace Museum, Taipei (acc.no.guqi000092). Another related vase attributed to the late 18th century, decorated with medallions enclosing the characters in gilt metal on a blue enamel ground, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated by E.F.Strange, , London, 1925, no.33, pl.XV.
Compare a similar pair with the central medallion inlaid with mother of pearl and character in gilt-lacquer, Qianlong, sold at Bonhams London, 5 November 2020, lot 106; and another pair with gilt medallions, Qianlong, sold at Bonhams New York, 15 March 2021, lot 146.
The characters express the wish for good fortune and are frequently used to decorate objects bearing a double-gourd shape. The bottle gourd itself is associated with the Daoist Immortals, particularly with Li Tieguai who used the gourd as a container for medicine. The pairing of the bottle gourd with the characters thus creates a particularly auspicious object.
扁瓶一對，呈葫蘆形，口略敞，收頸，束腰，腹微鼓，長方圈足外撇。通體髹朱漆，上下各作花口開光，於錦地上嵌玉「大」「吉」二字；開光外復施錦地，剔紅纏枝花卉，碩朵圓滿，寬葉繁茂，以致密刀法彰顯芳叢富麗。圈足四面兼飾花葉，足沿作回紋，下接織錦底座。
參考台北故宮博物院清宮舊藏一件清代剔紅大吉葫蘆瓶（高31.3厘米，館藏編號：故漆000092）。另見倫敦維多利亞與艾伯特博物館藏十八世紀晚期一例，開光内飾有「大吉」二字，見E.F.Strange，《Catalogue of Chinese Lacquer》，倫敦，1925年，編號33，圖版XV。
比較一對乾隆朝剔紅纏枝花卉紋「大吉」葫蘆瓶，中央開光嵌螺鈿，售於倫敦邦瀚斯，2020年11月5日，拍品編號106；另比較一對乾隆例，飾鎏金開光，售於紐約邦瀚斯，2021年3月15日，拍品編號146。
「大吉」二字寄寓吉祥之願，常施於葫蘆形器。葫蘆向與道教仙真相繫，八仙之一李鐵拐即以葫蘆盛藥，行醫濟世。葫蘆與「大吉」相配，遂成格外祥瑞之器。