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A RARE IMPERIAL ENAMEL 清乾隆
‘FLOWER BALL’ VASE, GU 御製銅胎廣東畫

MARK AND PERIOD OF 琺瑯皮球花出戟花觚
QIANLONG 《乾隆年製》款

elegantly proportioned based on the archaic bronze gu wine
vessel, the elongated body with a bulbous middle section
rising up to a slender neck and a trumpet mouth, the crisp
white ground enamelled with colourful famille-rose ‘flower
balls’ and tiny florettes randomly scattered over the body, the
neck and foot further collared with green upright and pendent
plantains, the interior of the mouth enamelled pale turquoise,
the mouth and foot rims and vertical flanges on the belly set-
off in gilt, the base inscribed in red with a four-character reign
mark within a double square
18.7 cm, 7⅜ in.

HK$ 1,500,000-2,000,000
US$ 192,000-256,000

Mark

178 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比