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A LARGE AND RARE FAMILLE-ROSE
‘LANDSCAPE’ VASE
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

stoutly potted with the ovoid body rising from a splayed foot
to a waisted neck and ß ared rim, the neck ß anked by a pair of
phoenix-form handles, Þ nely painted around the body with a
continuous landscape depicting a large walled compound of
storied pavilions built on a lake island surrounded by jagged
rockwork and trees, distant Þ gures standing on the grassy
banks or crossing over an arched bridge, leading to further
pavilions, islands, and river paths, misty mountains in the far
distance, all between an opulent ground of polychrome lotus
blossoms and ß oral scrolls over a dense network of iron-red
coiling leafy vines at the foot and neck, the interior and base
enameled turquoise, the latter inscribed in iron red with a
six-character seal mark reserved in a white square
Height 27¾ in., 70.5 cm

PROVENANCE
M.W. Williams Ltd., London, 1970s (by repute).
Collection of Jaap Nieuwenhuis (b. 1927) (by repute).
$ 500,000-700,000
㶭Ḧ昮ġġġ䰱⼑㷾Ⱉ㛹晙⚾拎ᶲ㶣剙沛俛⣏䒞

˪⣏㶭Ḧ昮⸜墥˫㫦
Ը๕
M.W.ġWilliamsġLtd.炻ΐ㔎炻1970⸜ẋ炷⁛炸
JaapġNieuwenhuis炷1927⸜䓇炸㓞啷炷⁛炸

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