Adam's FINE ASIAN ART Part 1 June 29th 2021

www.adams.ie 79 Fine Asian Art | 29 th & 30 th June 2021 134 A FAMILLE ROSE LOTUS SHAPED PORCELAIN LIDDED BOX China, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong mark and possibly of the periodShaped as a lotus root / branch with leaves and tendril, the lid unveiling an in- ner part adorned with a couple of mandarin ducks frolicking on a lotus pond, bearing a Qianlong four-character seal mark to the base. H: 5 cm - L: 23,5 cm w: 3,5 cm Notes: 1. The related pieces shaped as bamboo roots are usually described as brush-rest. Our might be referred to as a box or a brush-rest together with a brush washer or even at a piece purely for aesthetic enjoyment. 2. The lotus root with blossom represents the rebus for ‘wishes for happiness and fruitful-ness in marriage’. 3 . For a related example made of famille rose porcelain and described as Qianlong mark and period, see Christie’s New York,2020/09/24, Sacred and Imperial: The James and 4 . For a related piece, also Qianlong mark and period, shaped as a nenuphar, is housed in the collection of theNa- tional Palace in the For-bidden City, Beijing. 5. For a related example in jade, see Bonham’s Hong Kong, 2020/12/01, lot 144. 6. Also compare with a re-lated green jade brushrest exam- ple, Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (II), Shanghai, 2008, no.159. € 3,000 - 5,000 粉彩莲花形加盖瓷盒 中国，清朝，乾隆年制标记，可能在乾隆年间