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A massive famille rose baluster vase and cover
Qianlong
Finely enamelled with two phoenix atop rockwork in a fenced garden
with a blossoming magnolia tree, tree peony, aster and chrysanthemum,
the reverse with two butterflies in flight, the waisted neck and
shoulders with four four-lobed cartouches enclosing sepia pavilions in
a mountainous river landscape and four shaped cartouches enclosing
precious objects flanked by foliate blossoms framed by C-scrolls and
reserved on floral and honeycomb-diaper grounds with a border of
upright lappets above the foot, all between key-fret borders around
the galleried rim and spreading foot, the cover similarly decorated with
cartouches and surmounted by a grinning Buddhist lion, wood stand.
135.5cm (53¼in) high (3).
£6,000 - 10,000
HK$71,000 - 120,000 CNY56,000 - 94,000
清乾隆 粉彩花鳥鳳紋蓋瓶
Compare a related pair of vases, with similar phoenix design and
decorative cartouches but dated to the Yongzheng period, which sold
at Christie’s London, 4 November 2010, lot 236.
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