A large cloisonné-enamel 'magpie and prunus' charger


19th centuryThe interior brightly and boldly enamelled in shades of black, white, red, blue and sepia with twelve magpies in flight and perching on a gnarled blossoming prunus tree emerging from a grassy mound, the exterior vividly decorated with eight egrets amidst blooming lotus flowers, leaves and buds, all reserved on a rich turquoise diaper ground, the base with a ground of stylised flowerheads, fitted box. 64.8cm (25 1/2in) diam. (2).
|十九世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯喜上眉梢大盤Provenance:Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2006, lot 1575來源：香港佳士得，2006年5月30日，拍品編號1575The massive cloisonné-enamel charger is colourfully decorated with an auspicious design of magpies and prunus. Such a design can be seen on earlier large-scale cloisonné-enamel vessels, such as a gilt-bronze and cloisonné-enamel ice-chest, Qianlong, from the Juan Jose Amezaga collection, which was sold at Christie's Paris, 7 December 2007, lot 31.Related examples of large scale cloisonné-enamel chargers, late Qing dynasty, from the Qing Court Collection, are illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 4 Cloisonné in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Beijing, 2011, nos.276, 277 and 280.銅胎，圓口，斜躺腹，圈足，內壁掐絲為一株梅樹生於山石之上，虬枝老幹梅花叢生，期間飾以上下翻飛之十二隻喜鵲，梅枝填褐彩，梅花填白彩，紅彩為蕊，喜鵲黑羽白腹，盤以掐絲卐字不斷紋填藍彩為錦地，外壁亦然，惟飾荷塘鷺鷥圖，圈足鎏金，盤底以掐絲龜背錦紋為地。此盤體量巨大，做工不失精細。梅花喜鵲的題材諧音「喜上眉梢」，類似題材的作品可參考一件Juan Jose Amezaga舊藏一件乾隆銅胎掐絲琺瑯喜上眉梢冰箱，後售於巴黎佳士得，2007年12月7日，拍品編號31。其他相關的例子可比較數件清宮舊藏的銅胎掐絲琺瑯大盤，見《故宮博物院藏品大系琺瑯器篇4》，北京，2011年，編號276,、277及280。