I.60
Jolly Boating Weather
Famille rose enamels on copper, with gold; with a flat lip, slightly concave foot, and flat foot rim; painted with a continuous European waterside scene with a man fishing with his dog beside him, with a couple in a boat close to shore while another two figures, one punting and one paddling, propel another boat in the distance, the neck with a band of formalized floral scroll above a simplified trellis design; the foot inscribed in regular script Qianlong nian zhi 乾隆年製 (‘Made in the Qianlong era’); the interior covered with white enamel, the exterior exposed metal surfaces with traces of original gilding
Imperial, Guangzhou, 1736 – 1795
Height: 5.94 cm
Mouth/lip: 1.00/1.61 cm
Stopper: gilt bronze, chased with a formalized floral design
Provenance:
Robert Hall, 2004
Published:
Arts of Asia, January – February 1971, Robert Hall advertisement