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A FAMILLE ROSE AND IRON-RED DECORATED 'BATS' DISH A FINELY ENAMELED FAMILLE ROSE TURQUOISE-GROUND
SHENDETANG ZHI FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON RED, VASE
DAOGUANG PERIOD (1821-1850) DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE
The dish is decorated on the interior with the wufu (five bats) encircling a shou PERIOD (1821-1850)
character, all enclosed by a border of ruyi heads on the rim. The vase is finely decorated with flowers including peony, chrysanthemum,
11º in. (28.9 cm.) diam. begonia and hibiscus, between ruyi-head bands. Each blossom is detailed
with leafy stems and enameled with delicate shades of yellow, pink, blue and
red. The waisted neck is decorated on a turquoise ground with stylized lotus
$25,000-35,000
blossoms borne on leafy scrolls and gilt shou-characters with peaches and
A similar dish in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete bats.
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum – 39 – Porcelains with Cloisonne 11º in. (29 cm.) high
Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 241, no.
213. $120,000-180,000

女史珍藏 The present vase can be compared with a few similar vases from this period
in the Palace Museum, Beijing, including an example illustrated in Falangcai,
清道光 粉彩五福捧壽紋盤 礬紅「慎德堂製」款 Fencai, The Complete Collection of Treasures from the Palace Museum,
Hong Kong, 1999, no. 189, with a design of trees and flowers and bearing a
Shende tang mark; also no. 191, a yellow-ground example, with a Daoguang
seal mark; and no. 193, a ruby-ground vase decorated with flowering trees
and bearing Daoguang mark. A vase in the Shanghai Museum, very similar
in form and decoration, is illustrated in Chugoku Toji Zenshu, vol. 21, Japan,
1981, no. 147. Another similarly decorated vase with birds and flowers and
lotus scroll on a green-ground on the neck was sold at Christie’s London, 10
May 2011, lot 296.

女史珍藏
清道光 粉彩秋季花卉紋瓶 礬紅六字篆書款

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