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PROPERTY FROM THE CADLE FAMILY COLLECTION VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A FAMILLE ROSE MILLE FLEURS CUP A RARE FAMILLE ROSE TURQUOISE-GROUND VASE
JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE
PERIOD (1796-1820) PERIOD (1736-1795)
The cup is fnely potted with deep sides and decorated on the exterior with a The vase is fnely decorated on the body with four iron-red bats positioned
dense pattern of various fowers. above blue-enameled shou characters that separate four large lotus blossoms,
3Ω in. (9 cm.) diam. below further lotus sprays and interlinked ruyi heads and fower scrolls on the
waisted neck, all against a bright turquoise ground between a petal-lappet
border above the foot and a ruyi-head border at the gilded rim. The base and
$7,000-10,000
interior are further enameled in turquoise.
14æ in. (37.5 cm.) high
PROVENANCE
G. E. Fraser, Santa Barbara, California.
J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 1987. $60,000-80,000
清嘉慶 粉彩百花不落地盃 礬紅六字篆書款
Ceramicists from the oficial workshops were encouraged to experiment,
and the technique of porcelain imitating other materials found favor with the
emperor Qianlong, who was fascinated with the curious and archaic. The
designs outlined in gilt against turquoise on the present bowl produce the
efect of porcelain imitating cloisonné enamel. In cloisonné enamel, raised
lines are applied to create ‘cloisons’ on the body of a metal vessel which are
then flled in with colored glass paste and fred. On the present vase, the gilt
outlines enclose enameled colors in simulation of the cloisonné efect.

The style of the famille rose decoration on this vase is similar to that seen
on another turquoise-ground vase of diferent shape, also with iron-red
Qianlong seal mark, in the Qing Court collection, illustrated in The Complete
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Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 39 - Porcelains with Cloisonne
Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 135, pl.
118. Like the Palace vase, the decoration on the present vase includes lotus
sprays, iron-red bats, and borders of petal lappets and ruyi-heads. A vase of
similar shape decorated in a similar manner on a lime-green ground, with
an iron-red Jiaqing mark, is illustrated by G. Avitabile in From the Dragon’s
Throne, London, 1987, p. 33, pl. 23.
清乾隆 松石地粉彩描金福壽連年賞瓶 礬紅六字篆書款

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