a fine rice bowl with five oxen painting six archaic zhuanshu Qianlong guanyao seal mark rare 清乾隆 花礬紅彩海水龍紋盤 Chinese antiques Qing dynasty bowl
Rare vintage ORIGINAL marked Qianlong vase seal mark period 1736-1795
size : Height 7 cm, top Diameter 12 cm, bottom Diameter 5.5 cm
Provenance : Mr Drihardjanta private collections

Five oxen painted in this rice bowl may have inspired an ancient painting an Huang (723–787), a chancellor of the Tang dynasty (618–907), painted his Five Oxen in different shapes from right to left. They stand in line and appear happy or depressed. We can treat each image as an independent painting. However, the oxen form a unified whole. Han Huang carefully observed the details. For example, horns, eyes, and expressions show different features of the oxen. They are all interesting characters, just like the five brothers

In the 60th year of his reign (1796), the Qianlong Emperor enthroned his son and became overlord for four years. In the 4th year of the Jiaqing reign (1799) the Qianlong Emperor died at age 89
During this period the archaic zhuanshu seal mark is by far the most common, largely ousting the regular kaishu script. It is thought that the few genuine kaishu marks dates to the two first years of the reign before the official seal mark of the Qianlong period becomes standardized by an official decree. Seal marks are often written in iron-red but under glaze blue or gilt can occur as well as incised, stamped or molded in relief.
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