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A FAMILLE ROSE BRUSHPOT, BITONG
Yongzheng
Enamelled in vivid colours to the cylindrical body with an elegant
lady seated on a day bed beside a water basin on stand, her arms
stretched to hold a ruyi sceptre, embraced by another lady from
behind, the reverse with a prominent rockwork beside a palm tree.
13cm (5 1/8in) high

£5,000 - 8,000 CNY48,000 - 77,000
HK$59,000 - 94,000

清雍正 粉彩仕女執如意圖筆筒

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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE BALUSTER VASE
143 Qianlong seal mark and of the period, the enamels probably later
132 | BONHAMS The vase finely enamelled with a lively scene of two elegant ladies
standing beside a table laden with books, one lady holding up a finger
in careful admonition at four boys variously playing with a floral sprig,
a gilt ruyi sceptre, a brush and a spear, whilst two more boys gleefully
cover their ears and light firecrackers beneath a tall plantain tree and
two cranes fly high above.
28.3cm (11 1/8in) high

£4,000 - 6,000 CNY39,000 - 58,000
HK$47,000 - 71,000

清乾隆 粉彩仕女嬰戲圖橄欖瓶
青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款

Provenance: John Sparks Ltd., London, (label)
An English private collection

來源：倫敦古董商John Sparks Ltd. （標籤）
英國私人收藏

此瓶之圖案紋飾或為後繪

The present vase is a particularly charming portrayal of two
ladies supervising six lively boys playing in a garden; the boys are
representative of the desire for progeny to continue the family line,
and one of the boys carries a finely gilt ruyi sceptre which is a symbol
of longevity, as is the crane flying overhead. The effect is to fill the
onlooker with a sense of good luck and blessings, in a most delightful
and delicate manner.

Compare a related lantern-shaped famille rose vase, depicting a lady
and a crane, underglaze blue Qianlong seal mark and of the period,
illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum: Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille
Rose Decoration, Beijing, 1999, no.93. An ovoid vase with a figure of a
lady seated with two young boys, underglaze blue Qianlong seal mark
and of the period, and also with provenance from John Sparks, Ltd.,
was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2011, lot 3068.