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A MASSIVE BRONZE-IMITATION 清乾隆 醬地描金開光粉彩花卉山水紋葫蘆瓶
FAMILLE-ROSE DOUBLE-GOURD
VASE 來源：
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG 傳奧地利私人收藏
PERIOD

robustly potted with a large compressed
globular lower bulb, sweeping up to a constricted
waist supporting a smaller upper bulb rising
to a waisted neck with a gently flared rim, the
lower bulb moulded and delicately painted in
bright enamels with four round medallions
enclosing scenes of boys at play alternating with
landscapes, one depicting two boys presenting
persimmon fruits to another boy dressed in
official attire and holding a ruyi sceptre, the
other with a mountainous landscape with distant
figures crossing a bridge, the third depicting
three boys at play with a kite, lantern and a leafy
spray of nandina berries, the last with fishing
boats amongst a riverside landscape, similarly
decorated to the upper bulb with smaller roundels
variously enclosing flowers including lotus,
peony, prunus, camellia and chrysanthemum,
all reserved against a bronze-imitation ground
of mottled brown tone embellished with gilt-
decorated butterflies and detached flowering
and fruiting sprays, all divided by upright plantain
leaves, key-fret and stylised beaded ruyi bands,
the rim encircled by a band of ruyi heads and the
foot skirted by lappets interlaced with ruyi scrolls,
the interior and base left white
66.2 cm, 26⅛ in.

PROVENANCE
An Austrian private collection, by repute.

HK$ 2,500,000-3,500,000
US$ 320,000-448,000

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