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THE PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH LADY
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A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ‘BUTTERFLY’ DOUBLE-GOURD VASES
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD
(1736-1795)
Each vase is elaborately decorated to the bulbous lower section with butterfies of various sizes and
colours fying amidst leafy foral sprays including peony, chrysanthemum, morning glory, rose and aster,
above a band of pink lotus petals. The shoulder is encircled by a ruyi border and bands of foral sprays,
below the upper section which is enamelled with further butterfies and fower heads. The mouth rim
is decorated with an iron-red key-fret border, and the pair of handles are adorned with stylised foliate
designs.
9 in. (23 cm.) high (2)
Estimate on Request
PROVENANCE
Collected in the 1930s in London by an English lady from a noble family and thence by descent
清乾隆 粉彩花蝶紋如意耳葫蘆尊一對 六字篆書款
來源：英國私人珍藏，於1930年代購自倫敦由其家族珍藏至今
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