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Lot 71 Property from the collection of Mr. Jeremy Brown
Jeremy John Galbraith Brown (1933-2022), educated at Eton College and Cambridge University, had an illustrious career in Hong Kong with Jardine Matheson. He joined the company in 1958 and held key positions, including Director of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd., from 1967 to 1984. Brown retired from the Far East in 1978.
During his years in Hong Kong, Brown actively supported charities and foundations for opera, music and art, such as the Hong Kong Arts Festival. Brown also became interested in Chinese art and assembled a collection of paintings and works of art in Hong Kong. Three paintings from this collection will be offered at Christie's Hong Kong on 31 May 2023 in Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings.
Jeremy John Galbraith Brown (1933-2022), educated at Eton College and Cambridge University, had an illustrious career in Hong Kong with Jardine Matheson. He joined the company in 1958 and held key positions, including Director of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd., from 1967 to 1984. Brown retired from the Far East in 1978.
During his years in Hong Kong, Brown actively supported charities and foundations for opera, music and art, such as the Hong Kong Arts Festival. Brown also became interested in Chinese art and assembled a collection of paintings and works of art in Hong Kong. Three paintings from this collection will be offered at Christie's Hong Kong on 31 May 2023 in Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings.
RARE PAIRE DE VASES EN ÉMAUX PEINTS
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUES À SIX CARACTÈRES EN CACHET ET ÉPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
Closed14 June 2023
Price Realised
EUR 163,800
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Specialist note
It is very unusual to find a pair of 'European-subject' vases of this magnificent quality and size. They were likely commissioned by the Imperial court from the Guangzhou workshops. The subject matter epitomizes the Qianlong emperor's fascination with the West. Jesuit missionaries were credited with introducing famille rose enamels and painting on copper to the Qianlong imperial court and the manner in which the figures are painted, with their fleshy tones and use of chiaroscuro, demonstrates the European painting style.
A large painted enamel vase, Qianlong seal mark and period, decorated with a cartouche enclosing European figures by Western-style buildings in a tree-lined river landscape in the Beijing Palace Collection is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Metal Bodied Enamel Ware, vol. 43, Hong Kong, 2002, p226, pl. 215. A lantern-shaped painted enamel vase with figures in a mountainous landscape with pavilions in the Palace Collection, is illustrated op.cit., p242, pl. 229. A Qianlong-marked painted enamel vase with European subject was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 December 2008, lot 2520. The trees and buildings depicted on the present vases can be stylistically compared to the those on the 'European-subject' painted enamel vase, Qianlong mark and period, sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 24 November 2012, lot 540.
A large painted enamel vase, Qianlong seal mark and period, decorated with a cartouche enclosing European figures by Western-style buildings in a tree-lined river landscape in the Beijing Palace Collection is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Metal Bodied Enamel Ware, vol. 43, Hong Kong, 2002, p226, pl. 215. A lantern-shaped painted enamel vase with figures in a mountainous landscape with pavilions in the Palace Collection, is illustrated op.cit., p242, pl. 229. A Qianlong-marked painted enamel vase with European subject was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 December 2008, lot 2520. The trees and buildings depicted on the present vases can be stylistically compared to the those on the 'European-subject' painted enamel vase, Qianlong mark and period, sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 24 November 2012, lot 540.