A LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FISH BOWLS ON PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED STANDS

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A LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FISH BOWLS ON PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED STANDS

THE PORCELAIN YONGZHENG/EARLY QIANLONG, CIRCA 1730-1750, THE STANDS OF REGENCE STYLE, 19TH CENTURY

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A LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FISH BOWLS ON PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED STANDS
THE PORCELAIN YONGZHENG/EARLY QIANLONG, CIRCA 1730-1750, THE STANDS OF REGENCE STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
Each enamelled with panels depicting peacocks and exotic birds in a peony garden, on a blue ground of scrolling vine and foliage, the sides with lion mask handles, the interior decorated with carp swimming amidst water weeds, with everted green diaper ground divided by rosettes and landscape scenes, on scrolled tripod supports with paw feet
16½ in. (42 cm.) high; 22½ in. (57 cm.) diameter (the fishbowls); 24 in. (61 cm.) high; 22¾ in. (58 cm.) wide (the stands) (2)

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By repute, Gianni Agnelli, Turin.
Acquired from Galerie Kugel, Paris.

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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Fish have appeared as pictorial motifs on Chinese ceramics as early as the Neolithic period. Much of their popularity as decorative devices, especially in later dynasties, hinges on the fact that the word for fish (yu) is a homophone for the word for abundance, while the word for carp (li) is a homophone for the word for profit. Traditionally, large basins like the present examples were used as fishbowls, with the arrangement of enamelled fish and aquatic plants to the interior producing a layered effect. In Europe they were used on their own as magnificent objets d'art embellishing an interior or, for more functional purposes, as jardinières.