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AN EXTREMELY RARE BLUE-GROUND ৻ඤ ᔝή४೦ᇳɞΛୂ७൫ˋడ
FAMILLE-ROSE TIBETAN-STYLE ALTAR ɽ৻ඤϋႡಛ
VASE (BUMPA HU)
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
the globular body supported on a tall splayed foot and
surmounted by a conical neck with a waisted join leading to
the broad and deep disc-shaped mouth and tapered lip, the
body exuberantly painted with the ‘Eight Buddhist Emblems’
interspersed with scrolling lotus blossoms against a lavender-
blue ground all between a band of upright lappets below and
a band of pendent pink ruyi above, the blue ground and & oral
scrolls repeated at the mouth, stylized polychrome petals
wrapping the conical neck, the lip and join on either side of the
mouth with alternating blue and pink dots against a lemon-
yellow ground, the blue-ground foot with bands of upright
lappets and petals, gilt bands dividing each section and applied
to the edges of the lip and foot, the base glazed blue and with a
gilt six-character seal mark
Height 10¼ in., 26 cm
$ 100,000-150,000
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