Qianlong on the Road to Immortality!

Result EUR4,453,960

Published on 02 October 2020, by Anne Doridou-Heim

Auction on 25 September 2020 - 14:00 (CEST) - Salle 9 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

At over four million euros, this lantern vase attests to the vogue for Chinese imperial pieces, which is not expected to abate any time soon.

China, Qianlong period (1736-1795), lantern vase, called deng long zun, polychrome... Qianlong on the Road to Immortality!

China, Qianlong period (1736-1795), lantern vase, called deng long zun, polychrome and gold enamelled porcelain from the pink fencai family, Qianlong’s six-character mark in iron-red in zhuanshu under the base, h. 47.7cm, with base 55 cm, dia.19 cm.
Result: €4,453,960

The 'Eight Immortals' painted in fencai polychrome enamels could give free rein to their libations, as if, as true Taoist sages, they had always known they had…

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Friday 25 September 2020 - 14:00 (CEST) - Live

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Eight Immortals for a Qianlong Imperial Vase

This unusually sized vase featuring fencai enamels, a veritable ode to longevity, is one of the masterpieces cherished by the emperor and aesthete Qianlong.