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77 † Compare a famille rose vase, Shengde Tangzhi mark, Daoguang period,
of similar form and with bat handles, but with pink ground and the body
A famille rose turquoise-ground vase decorated with the ‘antiques’, illustrated in The Complete Collections
Daoguang seal mark and of the period of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain with Cloisonné Enamel
The ovoid body raised on a short foot and intricately enamelled with Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, pl.188.
four fully blossoming stylised lotus amid scrollwork each beneath a gilt
Buddhist wan symbol, alternating with a bat suspending a canopied ruyi- The present vase is highly symbolic in its decoration, with the lotus
head tassel amid double-seeded lotus scrolls, all between stiff lappets at blossom symbolic of Buddhism; bat handles and bats suspending lotus
the foot and a band of ruyi heads at the shoulder, the neck enamelled scrolls, representing the blessing that the owner’s wishes be granted as
on each side with a bat above a single lotus bloom issuing a lingzhi well as the ‘five wishes’. These wishes are further multiplied by the wan
fungus, between the two iron-red and gilt bat-shaped handles and emblem and imbued with the blessing of longevity associated with the
beneath a band of ruyi heads at the rim. lingzhi fungus and ruyi heads.
30cm (11¾in) high
£150,000 - 180,000
HK$1,800,000 - 2,100,000 CNY1,400,000 - 1,700,000

清道光 粉彩松石綠地纏枝蓮紋蝙蝠耳瓶 礬紅「大清道光年製」篆書款

Provenance: an English private collection

來源：英國私人收藏

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