• Dimension: Height: 17 in (43.2 cm) Width: 6 1/4 in (15.9 cm)
• Estimate From: $15000
• Estimate To: $25000

Of cylindrical section below a lobed crown rim resembling a monk’s cap, the elegant spout issuing from the mouth of a gilt bronze mythical beast, the ewer divided into three sections, each with a pair of stylized kui-dragons, all reserved on a dense key-fret ground, the circular cover with a further carved with stylized dragons coiled around a bud finial, the reverse of the lobed crown rim gilt-inscribed with six character imperial 'Qianlong' mark. Qing Dynasty Qianlong period, 18th century.

Provenance: Property from an important private collection in Portland, Oregon
來源: 俄勒岡州波特蘭市重要私人收藏 乾隆時期的宮廷剔紅制品以其精美的雕刻和鮮豔的紅色而著稱。這件瓶子即為此類剔紅漆器的代表性例子，其西藏風格的多穆壺瓶身尤為稀少。多穆壺為藏人拌、盛酥油茶的器皿，藏語稱為董莫（mdong-mo）或多穆。酥油茶藏語稱恰穌瑪，是將由茶磚熬成的濃茶中，倒入少量的酥油和鹽，有的還加入一些味精和牛奶等佐料，攪拌至水和酥油交融而成，是藏族同胞生活的必需品，後于元代傳入中原。這種形狀的清代宮廷多穆壺有多種材質製成，包括瓷器、景泰藍、銅鎏金、和漆器。可參考一件清代金制的西藏風格多穆壺，收藏於臺北國立故宮博物院；一件清代棕漆鎏金彩畫的多穆壺，收藏於中國遼寧瀋陽故宮博物院；以及一件康熙時期黑漆鑲嵌珍珠母的西藏風格多穆壺，2009年於北京保利拍賣以人民幣 3,136,000元售出。 The Qianlong period cinnabar lacquer production is characterised by its crisp, confident carving and brilliant red hue. The present ewer is a particularly fine example of such lacquer ware, and it is remarkable to find one in the form of Tibetan style ewer, or duomuhu. The duomuhu shape is derived from a Tibetan prototype, the bey lep, which was used for storing milk tea in Lamaist monasteries. It has a long history in China beginning in the Yuan dynasty when the religion first was adopted under Kublai Khan. Ewers such as the present lot were produced in a variety of materials, including porcelain and cloisonné, gold, and lacquer. Compare a Qing Dynasty gold Tibetan style ewer embellished with jewelry beads, in the collection of National Palace Museum, Taipei; a Qing Dynasty brown lacquer and gilt painted Tibetan ewer in the collection of Shenyang Imperial Palace Museum, Liaoning, China; and a Kangxi period black lacquer mother-of-pearl inlaid Tibetan style ewer, sold in Poly Auction, Beijing in 2009 for RMB 3,136,000.