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The Property of a Lady 女士藏品

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A fine famille rose ‘lotus scroll’ vase
Jiaqing seal mark and of the period
The broad body enamelled with four evenly-spaced lotus blossoms
alternating with blue and yellow flowers between stylised famille The present lot, together with the following lot 181, are notable
rose square scrolls and all amid foliate scrolls between fine bands of examples of the continuation into the Jiaqing reign of the highest
gilding, the tapering neck similarly enamelled with two lotus blossoms quality porcelain production developed during the Qianlong period.
and two Indian lotus flowers beneath two pairs of grisaille fish biting Another vase with a Jiaqing seal mark and of the period from the
at a gilt ring suspending a musical stone between the two iron-red Huaihaitang Collection, with delicate lotus scrolls similar to the
and gilt stylised scroll handles, the base and the interior of the neck present lot, is illustrated by P.Lam, Ethereal Elegance: Porcelain
glazed turquoise. Vases of the Imperial Qing: The Huaihaitang Collection, Hong Kong,
30cm (11 7/8in) high 2007, no.136.
£20,000 - 30,000
HK$250,000 - 370,000 CNY200,000 - 290,000 The present vase is unusual in its strikingly dark grisaille-enamelled
fish which contrast with the otherwise delicate shades of pink, blue,
清嘉慶 粉彩纏枝蓮紋雙耳瓶 礬紅「大清嘉慶年製」篆書款 yellow and green enamel. Fish (魚 yu) are a symbol of abundance
Provenance: an English private collection and prosperity (餘 yu), and double fish (雙魚 shuangyu) have further
來源：英國私人收藏 significance: they represent not only increased abundance, but also
the desire the conjugal bliss and good luck in the phrase 雙魚吉慶
(shuangyu jiqing), and lastly they are reminiscent of the ‘double-fish’
Buddhist Symbol.

Compare a related pair of famille rose vases from the estate of Judith
D.Peabody, New York, with Jiaqing seal marks and of the period,
which were sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2011, lot 3076.

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