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AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE YELLOW-GROUND 清嘉慶
FAMILLE-ROSE ‘EIGHT IMMORTALS’ VASE, 黃地粉彩通景群仙祝壽圖雙耳瓶
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF JIAQING 《大清嘉慶年製》款
the finely potted ovoid body supported on a slightly splayed
foot, tapering gracefully to a tall waisted neck flanked by a 來源：
pair of archaistic dragon handles below the flared mouth, 1950年代休業的巴黎藝商舊藏
delicately enamelled in meticulous detail with a continuous 巴黎私人收藏
landscape scene depicting a gathering of the Eight Immortals 香港蘇富比2007年4月8日，編號502
carrying their respective auspicious emblems, together with
Liuhai with his three-legged toad clambering on his shoulder,
Shoulao with a large ripe peach in one hand and a staff in
the other, with other Immortals and attendants carrying
various auspicious objects or vessels, set within a lake-side
courtyard, with lush vegetation growing from gnarled rocks
by the peaceful rippling water, and cloud swirls drifting
above, all set between two bands of ruyi heads and lotus
blooms borne on dense leafy scrolling stems, with a bat to
each side above a xi character wreathed by peach sprigs, the
mouth with a pendant foliate band, and a keyfret band at the
foot, the interior and base turquoise, with a central square
reserved in white for the six-character seal mark in iron-red
31 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of a Parisian gallery that ceased trading in the
1950s.
A Parisian private collection.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8th April 2007, lot 502.

HK$ 5,000,000-7,000,000
US$ 640,000-895,000

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