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A FINE AND RARE LARGE LIME-GREEN 清道光
GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE ‘THREE RAMS’ VASE 綠地粉彩通景三羊開泰雙螭耳大瓶
QING DYNASTY, DAOGUANG PERIOD
SHENDETANG HALL MARK 《慎德堂製》款
robustly potted with an ovoid body rising from a splayed 來源
foot, surmounted by a tall waisted neck and flared rim, 倫敦蘇富比2011年5月11日，編號283
the neck flanked by a pair of iron-red archaistic dragon
handles accentuated with gilt highlights, the exterior of
the body finely enamelled against the white ground with
a continuous scene depicting three rams traverse in a
landscape setting, detailed with fruiting and blossoming
branches issuing from rockwork, including berries, roses
and peonies and prunus, together with leafy trees, all
between lime green-ground bands with ruyi blooms and
floral sprays encircling the shoulder and lower body,
the neck similarly decorated with further stylised lotus
blossoms and bats suspending chimes between a band
of ruyi pendant collaring the rim and pink floral band
bordering the lower neck, the turquoise-enamelled
base inscribed to the centre with a four-character hall
mark reading Shendetang zhi (‘Hall for the Cultivation of
Virtue’) in iron-red within a white cartouche
Height 71.3 cm, 28⅛ in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s London, 11th May 2011, lot 283.
£ 300,000-500,000
HK$ 2,930,000-4,890,000 US$ 375,000-625,000

Mark

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