A rare vase from 51 cms of the Yongzheng period (1723-1735), the imperial seal authentic, has been awarded in the famous Parisian auction house to 5.547 million euros.

It was probably placed in the Imperial Rooms, its spherical shape (tianqiuping) is directly connected with the Son of Heaven, and polychrome enamel flowers gently running along the vase: Yulan magnolia, peony and wild apple Haitang fuguihua form homophony in the hope that “Blessed be your noble household wealth and honor. “

In China, everything is symbolic, everything leads back to a philosophy, a representation of things in life, and it could not be exceptional for an emperor.

The peony flower is considered the queen of flowers and evokes the front ranks of officers and the “flower of riches and honor“ term from Zhou Dunya, in his essay “My passion for the Lotus, “ Neo-Confucian poet Song of this time.

here are very few vessels of this model with the same background, which thus explains its rarity, except that the object itself is very valuable in view of its bill.

cons below, detail showing the imperial seal.

t was awarded to a Chinese collector.

The sale was conducted by the House PIASA assisted Thierry Portier and Mrs. Alice Buhlman specialist.

Sources: AFP and sitel’Hôtel Drouot.

Courtesy of Drouot Press.