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A RARE FAMILLE-ROSE VASE SUPPORTED BY 清乾隆 粉彩三子獻壽寶瓶
THREE BOYS
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG 《大清乾隆年製》款
intricately sculpted in the form of three half-kneeling boys
supporting a vase on their shoulders, the vase of baluster
form, flanked by a pair of archaistic phoenix handles, the
exterior brightly enamelled against a lime-green ground,
depicting alternating stylised lotus and hibiscus sprays
below a ruyi band, all below a further floral band and upright
lappets, the incurved rim bordered by a floral scroll, each
boy modelled in the round with arms held upwards, clad in
loose fitted robes of patterned textiles gathered at the waist,
their faces with cheerful expression below hair tied into twin-
knots, all raised on an iron-red trefoil pedestal decorated
with floral and foliate scroll bands in gilt, the base inscribed
with a six-character seal mark in gilt
18 cm, 7⅛ in.
HK$ 2,500,000-3,000,000
US$ 320,000-384,000

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