A large cloisonné fish basin, China, Qing dynasty, the interior decorated with numerous carps and other fishes, amphibians, crustaceans and aquatic plants, the exterior decorated with a landscape of deer and cranes, among rocks, trees and clouds, surmounted by a frieze of leiwen, the base decorated with flowers on a backgroud of "cracked ice", 64 cm diameter (exterior), 26.5 cm high Provenance: private Swiss collection A similar basin is in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, inv. no. B60M10+. Another is illustrated in BRINKER Helmut and LUTZ Albert, Chinesisches Cloisonné, Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Museum Rietberg Zürich, 1985, plate no. 322. It is dated to the second half of the 18th century. Some similar basins, all dated to the Qianlong period, have been sold : one at Sotheby's, London, 6th November 2019, lot no. 122, one at Christie's, Hong Kong, 30th May 2018, lot no. 3039, on at Christie's, Paris, 9th June 2015, lot no. 58, one at Christie's, Hong Kong, 30th May 2012, lot no. 3910

A large cloisonné fish basin, China, Qing dynasty, the interior decorated with numerous carps and other fishes, amphibians, crustaceans and aquatic plants, the exterior decorated with a landscape of deer and cranes, among rocks, trees and clouds, surmounted by a frieze of leiwen, the base decorated with flowers on a backgroud of "cracked ice", 64 cm diameter (exterior), 26.5 cm high

Provenance: private Swiss collection

A similar basin is in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, inv. no. B60M10+. Another is illustrated in BRINKER Helmut and LUTZ Albert, Chinesisches Cloisonné, Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Museum Rietberg Zürich, 1985, plate no. 322. It is dated to the second half of the 18th century.

Some similar basins, all dated to the Qianlong period, have been sold : one at Sotheby's, London, 6th November 2019, lot no. 122, one at Christie's, Hong Kong, 30th May 2018, lot no. 3039, on at Christie's, Paris, 9th June 2015, lot no. 58, one at Christie's, Hong Kong, 30th May 2012, lot no. 3910

Usure générale de la surface
Présence de nombreuses piqûres, notamment sur le bord intérieur du fond du bassin
Présence de quelques rayures de surface
Quelques imperfections de cuisson
Quelques manques aux émaux
Présence de quelques coups
Présence de quelques entailles
Présence de quelques clous sur le bord supérieur et sous le bord de la base