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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE AND GILT-DECORATED

TEADUST-GLAZED ‘POMEGRANATE’ VASE

QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE

PERIOD (1736-1795)

The vase is finely potted with a tri-lobed globular body rising to a
long neck with an everted lip, supported on a splayed foot, applied
to the shoulder and neck in high relief with a moulded branch
bearing pomegranate flowers and fruits, some fruits split open to
expose the seeds inside, and a spray of lingzhi fungi. The vase is
covered overall with a speckled, teadust-green glaze gilt-decorated
with scrolling chrysanthemum throughout. The base is covered
with a teadust glaze, reserving in the centre the reign mark applied
with a brown wash.
8 ¿ in. (20.7 cm.) high, box

HK$5,500,000-7,500,000 US$720,000-970,000

PROVENANCE

Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5 December 1979, lot 661
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 October 2009, lot 1604

清乾隆 fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
廠官釉描金堆塑「榴開百子」三棱式長頸瓶 （圖一）北京故宮博物院藏品

六字篆書刻款

來源
香港蘇富比，1979年12月5日，拍品661號
香港蘇富比，2009年10月8日，拍品1604號

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