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The Property of a Lady 女士藏品

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A fine famille rose ‘chilong and lingzhi fungus’
bottle vase
Jiaqing seal mark and of the period
The rounded body delicately enamelled on each side with a pendent The present lot, together with the preceding lot 180, represent rare
iron-red bat above a fully blossoming lotus issuing a lingzhi fungus examples of the highest quality porcelain and enamel production,
branch, flanked by two grinning famille rose chilong dragons grasping very comparable in technical expertise and artistry to pieces from
at lingzhi fungus, all amid dense foliate scrolls and between a band the earlier Qianlong reign. See, for example, a famille rose and gilt
of keyfret on the foot and ruyi head with flowers at the shoulder, the white-ground vase, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, from
neck with another blossoming lotus issuing lingzhi fungus above a the Huaihaitang Collection illustrated by P.Lam, Ethereal Elegance:
hanging tassell and below a gilt shou character, an iron-red and gilt Porcelain Vases of the Imperial Qing: The Huaihaitang Collection,
stylised scroll handle on each side, the base and interior of the neck Hong Kong, 2007, no.126, which exhibits the same masterful elegant
glazed turquoise. foliate scrolls, filling the available space without overpowering the
30.5cm (12in) high overall delicacy of the vase. The Huaihaitang vase also shows the
£20,000 - 30,000 same formal perfection in the decorative borders at the shoulder and
HK$250,000 - 370,000 CNY200,000 - 290,000 feet as on the present lot.

清嘉慶 粉彩纏枝蓮靈芝螭龍紋雙耳瓶 礬紅「大清嘉慶年製」篆書款 Another rare example of this type of famille rose scrolling design
Provenance: an English private collection incorporating chilong, but which do not grasp lingzhi fungus as on
來源：英國私人收藏 the present lot, can be found in the Nanjing Museum and is illustrated
in Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese
Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p.370.
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,
sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2011, lot 3076.