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A famille rose turquoise-ground ‘dragon’ fish bowl A famille rose baluster vase and cover
Guangxu Qianlong
Brightly enamelled on the exterior with one dark grisaille and gilt four- The finely potted vase delicately enamelled and gilt with two cartouches,
clawed dragon and one iron-red and gilt four-clawed dragon amongst one with a scene of a smiling lady kneeling before an official accompanied
leafy blossoming peony stems between yellow-ground bands with floral by an attendant with a fan while three other ladies look on from behind
scrolls an cartouches containing magpies on various floral branches, a tree besides a dappled horse, the other cartouche with a similar scene
the interior enamelled with nine goldfish swimming amid water weed, of two ladies with a dappled horse and three maids beside a river, the
the rim with magpies, butterflies and flowering branches, wood stand. cartouches both outlined by bamboo and flowers, all on a decorative
46.8cm (18 3/8in) diam. (2). geometric ground containing smaller cartouches of rural scenes and birds,
£3,000 - 5,000 the neck with four cartouches each depicting a bird on a slender floral
HK$35,000 - 59,000 CNY28,000 - 47,000 branch, the cover similarly enamelled with birds and rural scenes on a
geometric ground beneath a finial formed as a gilt Buddhist lion.
清光緒 粉彩松石綠地龍紋缸 49.5cm (19 1/2in) high (2).
£3,000 - 5,000
HK$35,000 - 59,000 CNY28,000 - 47,000

清乾隆 粉彩描金開光人物故事圖蓋瓶

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