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A VERY RARE IMPERIAL FAMILLE ROSE BEIJING 清乾隆 御製銅胎畫琺瑯花卉紋包袱蓋罐
ENAMEL JAR AND COVER 紅料「乾隆年製」楷書款
QIANLONG RED-ENAMELLED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF
THE PERIOD (1736-1795) 來源
The jar is superbly enamelled in tones of pink, yellow, green, blue 紐約私人收藏，入藏於 2006 年
and white, with intertwined scrolling sprays of peony, passion
flower and lotus, wrapped around with a simulated brocade sash
tied in a large bow, against a ground of intertwined floral sprays
interspersed with butterflies and peach sprigs. The shoulder is
decorated with four cartouches containing half-hidden lotus
blooms in dark pink against a light blue ground, separated by rose
blooms on a yellow ground. The neck is decorated with twelve
petal panels containing sprays of lingzhi. The domed cover is
decorated with four peony blooms alternating with lotus, in pink
and blue against a yellow ground, the gilt-metal finial surrounded
by a border of blue ruyi-heads. The base is enamelled in red with
the reign mark split within two conjoined blue circles, reserved on
a pale green ground, with a border of eight scrolling asters in pink,
yellow and blue.
4 √ in. (12.3 cm.) high, box
HK$2,000,000-3,000,000 US$260,000-390,000
PROVENANCE
A New York private collection, acquired in 2006

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