A CHINESE COPPER WATER DISPENSER IN FORM OF A FISH AND A BASSIN PROBABLY FROM THE YUANMING YUAN, THE OLD SUMMER PALACE - photo 1

A CHINESE COPPER WATER DISPENSER IN FORM OF A FISH AND A BASSIN PROBABLY FROM THE YUANMING YUAN, THE OLD SUMMER PALACE

Starting price
€ 500
Auction dateClassic
01.06.2024 15:00UTC +02:00
Wire Transfer
€
Auctioneer
Ikonengalerie Mönius
Event location
Berlin
ID 1224847
Lot 43 | A CHINESE COPPER WATER DISPENSER IN FORM OF A FISH AND A BASSIN PROBABLY FROM THE YUANMING YUAN, THE OLD SUMMER PALACE
formerly gilded, probably 18th c.,
fish: 50 x 22 x 18 cm, bassin: 41 x 31 x 9 cm

The Old Summer Palace is an area of three gardens in Beijing, which was built since 1709. The complex with its numerous buildings was the most important imperial residence of the Qing dynasty from about 1725. The style of the buildings and the gardens was partly based on French and Italian models. In 1860, the palace was destroyed and plundered by English troops. The water dispenser and the shell-shaped basin, which stylistically corresponded to the fountains in the gardens, were probably later stolen by local peasants. The gold plating was rubbed off to obscure the origin.
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