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AN IMPRESSIVE AND LARGE PAIR OF FAMILLE-ROSE ‘SOLDIER’ VASES AND COVERS, QING
DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, C. 1740, each of baluster form, the rounded shoulders sweeping to a waisted neck and
galleried rim, gently tapering to a flared base, the domed covers surmounted with lotus bud-form finials, superbly enameled in bright
colors with a cock-pheasant proudly perched on rockwork gazing at its mate beyond the balustrade in a fenced garden of blossoming
peony, magnolia, prunus with smaller birds and butterflies, the continuous scene below four shaped floral reserves against a sgraffiato
ground of ruby-red scrollwork alternating with iron-red and gilt blossoms on blue ground, the necks painted with lobed reserves enclosing
the ‘Three Abundances’ against a ground of iron-red and spaced with gilt lotus and white foliage, the covers repeating the sgraffiato
pattern below the iron-red and gilt bud enclosing a lotus root, wood stands (6)

⌲Ϋ䮳 ㈱1740Ꭱ ㆶᒖ䡓യჹ䇡ృ๔㧸⨣̭ᄺ
Height 52½ in., 133.4 cm
$ 250,000-400,000

PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Collection of Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Fonthill 䭬❫ᑄ䰤ᓤe㣘䛹ḛ 1821 1897 ᩣ㫼喑ᩫᆞᅲ喑
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House, Tisbury, Wiltshire. 㦯᫜ќ㸎喑༮❫➦䘎
Collection of the Rt. Hon. The Lord Margadale of Rt Hon Margadale of Islay ࠠ❢喑T D J P D L
Islay, T.D., J.P., D.L. (1906-1996). 1906 1996 ᩣ㫼
Christie’s London, 31st May 1965, lot 72. ՘᪓Ҡธᓄ1965Ꭱ5ᰵ31ᬒ喑㌕㮌72
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York. Ralph M Chait Galleries喑㈽㈱

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