Lot No. 37


A bronze disk for a table screen


A bronze disk for a table screen - Asian art

China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Cast in relief, to one side, an image of the legendary journey to the moon of Emperor Xuanzong (reigned 712–756): to the right-hand side, a cinnamon tree with a palace gate alongside it, from which the moon fairy, Chang E is arriving accompanied by a servant to meet the emperor and the Master of Heaven (Daioist divinity), who are floating above a cloud. In the foreground a rabbit, pounding a cinnamon stick in a mortar with a pestle, which is intended to ensure immortality. To the other side, three dragons encircling a conical finial. Ø 27 cm. (BA)

Provenance:
From a German private collection

青铜浮雕圆盘
中国,清朝,十八世纪,盘一面刻的是唐玄宗乘月的传说,反面是三龙戏珠
出处:德国私家收藏

Specialist: Angelika Borchert Angelika Borchert
+43-1-515 60-641

angelika.borchert@dorotheum.at

03.12.2014 - 14:00

Estimate:
EUR 600.- to EUR 900.-

A bronze disk for a table screen


China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Cast in relief, to one side, an image of the legendary journey to the moon of Emperor Xuanzong (reigned 712–756): to the right-hand side, a cinnamon tree with a palace gate alongside it, from which the moon fairy, Chang E is arriving accompanied by a servant to meet the emperor and the Master of Heaven (Daioist divinity), who are floating above a cloud. In the foreground a rabbit, pounding a cinnamon stick in a mortar with a pestle, which is intended to ensure immortality. To the other side, three dragons encircling a conical finial. Ø 27 cm. (BA)

Provenance:
From a German private collection

青铜浮雕圆盘
中国,清朝,十八世纪,盘一面刻的是唐玄宗乘月的传说,反面是三龙戏珠
出处:德国私家收藏

Specialist: Angelika Borchert Angelika Borchert
+43-1-515 60-641

angelika.borchert@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Asian art
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 03.12.2014 - 14:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 27.11. - 03.12.2014