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fig. 1 A famille rose relief-decorated vase, Jiaqing; image courtesy of
the Palace Museum, Beijing.
95 * The present vase is similar in size and style of decoration to a famille
rose vase, decorated in relief with children at play, Jiaqing, illustrated in
A rare and large famille rose relief-decorated ‘Spring festival’ vase The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelains
Jiaqing with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong
The vase moulded and enamelled in rich shades of famille rose, green, Kong, 1999, pl.168 (see fig. 1 above). For another related famille rose
blue, yellow and iron-red with a continuous scene depicting ladies at vase, Jiaqing, with a descending phonix and boys in relief, see The
leisure, variously boating down a river while companions watch from Prime Cultural Relics Collected by Shenyang Imperial Palace Museum:
over an arched bridge beneath bright prunus blossom, beside a pavilion Chinaware, vol.II, 2007, p.241. pl.6.
built over the water in which ladies practise calligraphy leading onto a
terrace where more ladies converse, play weiqi, practise divination from The theme finely represented around the vase is that of Chunjie 春
a yinyang symbol and play musical instruments, while on another terrace 節, Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring festival. Compare a
ladies gather in view of a single pink-robed man dangling a fly-whisk as painting by Huang Juan (active 1630-1656), Women Enjoying the Spring
a brightly-plumaged phoenix flies above wutong and willow trees, all Festival, dated 1636, illustrated by S.McCausland and L.Ling in Telling
between ruyi heads at the foot and rim. Images of China: Narrative and Figure Paintings 15th-20th Century from
84.6cm (33¼in) high the Shanghai Museum, London, 2010, pl.13. The painting, similarly to
£50,000 - 80,000 the vase, depicts groups of court ladies engaged in leisurely pursuits
HK$590,000 - 940,000 CNY470,000 - 750,000 including looking out from a veranda by the lakeside towards ladies in
boats, conversing, and playing musical instruments.
清嘉慶 粉彩浮雕慶春節圖瓶
The vase is further illustrated with ladies playing weiqi, painting and
Provenance: a European private collection looking at a scroll, which together with the scenes of playing zither, are
known as the Four Arts of the Scholar (qin qi shu hua).
來源：歐洲私人收藏
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