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A MASSIVE BRONZE-IMITATION A vase of this type, but of slightly larger size 1978, lot 304; a pair was sold in our London
FAMILLE-ROSE DOUBLE-GOURD and a darker brown ground than the present, rooms, 10th July 1979, lot 179; and a wall vase
VASE from the Qing court collection and still in Beijing, version, with Qianlong seal mark and period, was
is illustrated in The Complete Collection of sold in these rooms, 7th April 2015, lot 3123.
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelains with See also a larger baluster vase, decorated on
PERIOD Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose each side with a large quatrefoil panel enclosing
Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 138. landscape scenes and also set with archaistic
robustly potted with a compressed globular
dragon handles, but gilded with bats amidst cloud
lower bulb, sweeping up to a constricted waist Vases from this group were produced in an array
scrolls and sprays of lotus and lingzhi fungus, with
supporting an upper bulb rising to a waisted of forms and embellished with various famille-
Qianlong mark and period, sold in these rooms,
neck, the lower bulb moulded and delicately rose scenes in shaped panels; a much smaller
9th November 1982, lot 300; and a lobed ovoid
painted in bright enamels with four medallions hexagonal vase with archaistic dragon handles,
vase, but splashed with gold mottling to give a
enclosing scenes of boys at play alternating with adorned with a landscape and poem on either
metallic effect, also sold in these rooms, 29th
landscapes, the upper bulb similarly decorated side, was sold in these rooms, 29th November
November 1976, lot 587.
with smaller roundels enclosing flowers
including lotus, peony, prunus, camellia and
chrysanthemum, all reserved against a bronze-
imitation ground embellished with gilt-decorated
butterflies and detached flower sprays, the
rim encircled by ruyi heads, 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$ 300,000-500,000
US$ 38,300-64,000

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