CHINESE GILT-DECORATED CORAL-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE DOUBLE-GOURD 'DA JI' WALL PLAQUE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Auction: 12 March 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
清 粉彩珊瑚紅地描金「大吉」葫蘆掛瓶
moulded as a flattened double-gourd vase tied with a yellow-enamelled ribbon at the waist, the upper and lower bulbs each centred with a circular reserve enclosing the characters 'Da' and 'Ji' (great auspiciousness)
Dimensions
36.1cm high
Footnote
Compare to a nearly identical plaque sold at Bonhams London, 10 May 2021, lot 485; Also see related examples in turquoise-ribbon, one from the Sir Quo-Wei Lee Collection, dated to the Qianlong period, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2 October 2018, lot 146, another dated to the Qianlong period, sold in the same rooms, 11 July 2020, lot 3652.