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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A FAMILLE ROSE AND CELADON-GLAZED TWO-HANDLED VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE
PERIOD (1736-1795)
清乾隆 豆青地粉彩花卉蝴蝶紋螭龍耳瓶 礬紅六字篆書款
The vase is decorated to the exterior with butterfies futtering amidst peony
blooms growing from leafy stems. The neck is applied with two archaistic
dragon handles painted in iron red and gilt.
14√ in. (37.7 cm.) high
£5,000-8,000 $7,600-12,000
€6,800-11,000
Compare the current vase to a pear-shaped one of similar decoration, also of
Qianlong mark and period, which sold at Christie’s New York, 15 September
2011, lot 1663.
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A SCRAFFIATO GREEN-GROUND
‘EUROPEAN SUBJECT’ BOWL
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN
UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD
(1736-1795)
清乾隆 綠地粉彩錦地開光西洋人物圖
碗 六字篆書款
The bowl is decorated in famille rose enamels with
four roundels enclosing European gentlemen in a
fenced garden landscape, reserved on a lime green
incised scrolling ground.
7Ω in. (19 cm.) diam.
£1,500-2,000 $2,300-3,000
€2,100-2,700
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