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A RARE TURQUOISE-GROUND FAMILLE

ROSE PEAR-SHAPED BOTTLE VASE

DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE

BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

The vase is supported on a slightly splayed foot and finely
enamelled on the globular body with four large Indian lotus
blooms, each with a stylised Shou medallion at the centre,
below four pairs of bats in flight suspending beribboned Wan
symbols from their mouths, all against a network of floral
scrolls on a turquoise-ground. The tapering neck is flanked
with a pair of ruyi-form handles in iron red and gilt, the
flared mouth rim similarly decorated with an iron-red band
further decorated with a band of classic scroll.
6 Ω in. (16.5 cm.) high, box

HK$500,000-800,000 US$65,000-100,000

PROVENANCE

Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 December 2008, lot 2591
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 4016

清道光 松石綠地粉彩蕃蓮紋雙耳瓶
六字篆書款

來源
香港佳士得，2008年12月3日， 拍品2591號
香港佳士得，2011年6月1日， 拍品4016號

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