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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE PURPLE-GROUND BALUSTER-FORM
WALL VASES
QIANLONG GILT SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN A LINE AND
PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each vase is decorated in mirror image with blue kui dragons pursuing faming Compare the Qianlong-marked conjoined wall vase decorated with sinuous
pearls on a purple ground, and is supported on a simulated wood stand scrolling kui dragons in lilac-blue against a lemon-yellow ground, sold at
highlighted in gilding. The fat reverse is covered in white glaze. Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2007, lot 1514, and another Qianlong-marked
example with kui dragons in relief in blue enamel against a lime-green
7Ω in. (18.7 cm.) high (2)
ground, and supported on a trompe l’oeil faux bois stand, sold at Sotheby’s
$20,000-30,000 Hong Kong, 3 April 2019, lot 3617. A similar purple enamel ground can be
seen on the upper section and foot of a Qianlong famille rose double-gourd-
shaped wall vase sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5 October 2011, lot 1906.
PROVENANCE
Dr. Garrison Rapmund (1927-2018) Collection, Bethesda, Maryland. A famille rose yellow-ground wall vase with a gilt-decorated faux bois stand
similar to those seen on the present pair of wall vases, and with an identically
written gilt Qianlong six-character seal mark, was sold at Christie’s New
York, 23 March 1995, lot 392 and again at Christie’s London, 14 May 2010,
lot 593.
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