18th Century Imperial Guyue Xuan Enamel On Glass.
( ref. Mysteries of the Ancient Moon ), Spring 2006 ICSBS journal. This from a well known, and long accepted as a genuine decorative group of enameled glasswares from the later part of the Qianlong reign ( 1760-1780 ). The article labels these as, "Experimental Guyue Xuan Wares" ( pic added from article ). Typical Mid-Qianlong neck-bands and enamels. Decorated with the emblems of the Eight Daoist Immortals, incorporating dangling tasseled, and beaded cords suspended from the shoulder-bands including the Buddhist "Wheel of Law." Guyue Xuan mark in iron red regular script.
The following from Peter Lam's scholarly research, "Studio Marks in Imperial and Court Related Snuff Bottles" within "The Imperial Connection: Court Related Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Humphrey K.F. Hui Collection." clears up that we can label these Guyue Xuan wares as Imperial.
"One of the key issue that authorities in the past found it difficult to attribute such marked pieces to the imperial household is that they failed to find any buildings in the imperial compound by the name Guyue Xuan."
"The two architects, He Chongyi and Zeng Zhaofen carried out a meticulous research project. One entry within their paper talks about the purpose of the building, Changchun Yuan, according to the Qianlong Emperor was to prepare for his retirement life. Guyue Xuan was located at the back of the main hall. It was linked to the Tuisheng Zhai, which was designed as the bedroom chamber of the Qianlong Emperor after his retirement."
"There had been a glass factory in the Yuanming Yuan since Yongzheng times, and the painting academy, Ruyi Guan was also situated in the Dongtian Shenchu in Yuanming Yuan. And therefore it is probably not too far fetching to theorize that the Qianlong Emperor had ordered glass wares to be used in this particular garden. The blanks of the glass objects were produced by the glass factory, and afterwards they were decorated by the court painters in the Ruyi Guan. Guyue Xuan would be the place where these glass wares were used, and from which it derived its name. It is therefore possible that in the late Qianlong through the Jianqing reigns, some glass pieces, including snuff bottles were marked with the studio name of Guyue Xuan. This early Guyue Xuan marked group all came from the Imperial Household Workshop, and should have the same characteristic as those earlier ones with Qianlong reign marks."
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( ref. Mysteries of the Ancient Moon ), Spring 2006 ICSBS journal. This from a well known, and long accepted as a genuine decorative group of enameled glasswares from the later part of the Qianlong reign ( 1760-1780 ). The article labels these as, "Experimental Guyue Xuan Wares" ( pic added from article ). Typical Mid-Qianlong neck-bands and enamels. Decorated with the emblems of the Eight Daoist Immortals, incorporating dangling tasseled, and beaded cords suspended from the shoulder-bands including the Buddhist "Wheel of Law." Guyue Xuan mark in iron red regular script.
The following from Peter Lam's scholarly research, "Studio Marks in Imperial and Court Related Snuff Bottles" within "The Imperial Connection: Court Related Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Humphrey K.F. Hui Collection." clears up that we can label these Guyue Xuan wares as Imperial.
"One of the key issue that authorities in the past found it difficult to attribute such marked pieces to the imperial household is that they failed to find any buildings in the imperial compound by the name Guyue Xuan."
"The two architects, He Chongyi and Zeng Zhaofen carried out a meticulous research project. One entry within their paper talks about the purpose of the building, Changchun Yuan, according to the Qianlong Emperor was to prepare for his retirement life. Guyue Xuan was located at the back of the main hall. It was linked to the Tuisheng Zhai, which was designed as the bedroom chamber of the Qianlong Emperor after his retirement."
"There had been a glass factory in the Yuanming Yuan since Yongzheng times, and the painting academy, Ruyi Guan was also situated in the Dongtian Shenchu in Yuanming Yuan. And therefore it is probably not too far fetching to theorize that the Qianlong Emperor had ordered glass wares to be used in this particular garden. The blanks of the glass objects were produced by the glass factory, and afterwards they were decorated by the court painters in the Ruyi Guan. Guyue Xuan would be the place where these glass wares were used, and from which it derived its name. It is therefore possible that in the late Qianlong through the Jianqing reigns, some glass pieces, including snuff bottles were marked with the studio name of Guyue Xuan. This early Guyue Xuan marked group all came from the Imperial Household Workshop, and should have the same characteristic as those earlier ones with Qianlong reign marks."
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I am living in france and did spent 10 years of my life in Paris where I went every day during 4 years to the auction house Drouot. From 1988 to 1993. I did not know anything about chinese artworks but soon had in front of me entire collections of chines paintings and chines snuffbottles. Also chinesewoodprints. Many famous collections were sold at that time, like the Jean Fribourg collection for example. There was little interest in chines artworks at that period and prizes were ridiculously low.
Hello Anonymous,
It comes up quite often on our forum about how prices have sky rocketed over the past several years that use to be ridiculously low.. This is especially the case with both Middle Period, and Modern inside painted medium.
I can not prove it, but have noticed a couple of mediums that have gone way up over just the last few years.. Can not prove it, but I sense there is a connection to this one and only online community dedicated to these little treasures.
One type of bottle that I am sure has gone way up since the forum came online, are the Shantong (Swatow) Middle Period inside painted glass overlay bottles.. As an example, a bottle from this group that realizes 200.00 at auction today, I use to pay as little as 30.00 or 40.00 US dollars for. I think it could be because of the great deal of attention and discussion about them on forum.
Of course snuff bottles, just like the other Chinese art mediums you mentioned are going up in part because Chinese collectors, and China as a whole have started to seriously try and acquire out of the desire to have nice antiques returned to China.
Thank you so much for stopping in, checking out, and commenting on my blog.. !
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