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and connects the decoration to the shape of the vase. The beautifully
enameled scenes evoke settings of idyllic ease, and include ladies in various
leisurely pursuits within luxurious interiors. Similar interior scenes can be
found on two imperial famille rose small dishes, Qianlong mark and period, in
the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Qingdai Hua Falang Tezhan
Mulu – Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Qing Dynasty Painted Enamels,
Taipei, 1979, cover and nos. 110-111.
The scenes on the vase also interestingly reflect contemporary Chinese
reverse mirror paintings. The image of the lady and elderly gentleman in a
tranquil landscape closely references a scene found on a Chinese mirror
painting in the British Royal Collection illustrated by M. Jourdain and R.S.
Jenyns in Chinese Export Art in the Eighteenth Century, Feltham, 1967, no.
60, p. 103. The vignettes of sumptuous interiors on the other sides of the
vase are also similar to scenes found on reverse mirror paintings and include
elegant works of art, fruit and birds that all carry auspicious meanings.

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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, FLORIDA THE PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK COLLECTOR
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A FAMILLE ROSE DISH A RARE AND FINELY DECORATED FAMILLE ROSE CONG-FORM
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE IN VASE WITH FIGURAL PANELS
UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The shallow dish is delicately painted in the boneless style on the interior with Of rectangular section, each side is finely painted with a figural scene framed
a polychrome butterfly flitting among stalks of pink peonies and other flowers. by a gilt archaistic dragon scroll border, between bands of keyfret on the
5√ in. (14.8 cm.) diam. foot and underneath the lipped mouth, and bats flying amidst clouds on the
waisted neck. Three panels feature a richly attired lady and her attendants
in an interior or garden scene and the fourth is decorated with a seated lady
$7,000-9,000 playing the sanxian for an elderly man in a landscape.
12º in. (31.1 cm.) high
南美私人珍藏
清雍正 粉彩花蝶紋盤 雙圈六字楷書款 $20,000-30,000
This unusual vase exhibits the fascinating amalgam of decorative sources
that occurred in 18 century China. The gilt, archaistic dragon border that
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frames each side of the vase may reference latticework on Chinese lanterns,
清乾隆 粉彩描金仕女圖琮式瓶

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