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A famille rose ‘hundred boys’ vase
Jiaqing seal mark and of the period
Superbly enamelled in brilliant famille rose colours
of pink, lavender, blue, green, yellow, and red on a
vivid turquoise ground, the body decorated with a
continuous celebratory scene featuring a multitude
of boys, two officials on horseback crossing the ruyi
qiao accompanied by attendants holding parasols
and a large entourage holding lanterns in various
forms including lotus blossom, carp, elephant and
Buddhist lion, warmly greeted by an awaiting crowd
under the taiping tianxia gates, playing cymbals,
blowing trumpets, alighting fire-crackers, playing
drum and gong, all enclosed within bands of key-fret
scrolls and lotus lappets at the foot and ruyi-heads
at the shoulders, the neck further enriched with
scrolling flowering lotus and two gilt-decorated
shou characters, ending with another another band
of ruyi-head frieze tucked under the trumpet rim,
the base with a six-character zhuanshu seal mark.
33.5cm (13 1/4in) high
HK$700,000 - 900,000
US$90,000 - 120,000
清嘉慶 粉彩松石綠地嬰戲圖瓶
礬紅「大清嘉慶年製」篆書款

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