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194                     A LARGE CORAL-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE BOTTLE VASE
                        19TH CENTURY

                        清十九世紀 粉彩珊瑚紅地福壽蓮紋大瓶

                        The vase is decorated to the baluster body and cylindrical neck with lotus heads, shou characters,
                        Buddhist symbols, pomegranates and bats, divided by a band of ruyi-heads and endless knots suspending
                        jewels on the shoulder. The foot is decorated with a double lappet band. The base has an apocryphal six-
                        character Hongwu seal mark.

                        35Ω in. (90 cm.) high

                        £3,000-5,000           $4,600-7,600
                                               €4,100-6,800

                        A similar pair of massive green-ground vases dated to the Guangxu period (1875-1908), were sold at
                        Christie’s King Street, 9 November 2010, lot 342.
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