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A PAIR OF FAMILLE-ROSE ‘BUTTERFLY’ VASES, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, each of pear
form with a slender neck rising to a flared rim, finely painted with fluttering butterflies, flowering sprigs and fruiting branches in bright
enamels and gilding, the mouth encircled with an elaborate blue-ground lambrequin border enclosing pink rosettes all supported on a
splayed foot (2)
⌲Ϋ䮳 ㆶᒖ㟞㲣ృ⨣̭ᄺ
Height 8⅞ in., 22.5 cm
$ 4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York Ralph M Chait Galleries喑㈽㈱
A nearly identical pair to the current examples was sold at Christie’s Amsterdam, 20-21 May, 2008, lot 86.
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AN IRON-RED AND FAMILLE-VERTE ROULEAU VASE, QING DYNASTY, 19 TH CENTURY, of slightly
tapering cylindrical form rising to a cylindrical neck with an everted mouth, Zhong Kui and a quelled demon finely enameled in iron-red
and gilt, riding a jet-black steed, the reverse with rockwork in shades of green and blue issuing a gnarled tree, with an indistinct character
mark within a square, the shoulder painted with iron-red blossoms on a ground of green and black enamel spirals below, the neck with
leafing bamboo
⌲Ί̓㈭ ρᒖᑂ⺼₥യృᄼ᷿ỹ⨣
Height 10 in., 25.4 cm
$ 3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
E & J Frankel, New York. E & J Frankel喑㈽㈱
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