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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION
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A FAMILLE ROSE ‘ACUPUNCTURE’ VASE
19TH CENTURY
清十九世紀 粉彩人物故事圖瓶
The vase is decorated with an elderly lady engaged in acupuncture with her patient, a servant behind
her and two mandarins on the other side, all in an elegantly furnished interior with a desk with scholar’s
objects, and various jardinières. The slightly fared neck is painted with a porter carrying two bundles.
The base with an apocryphal Qianlong mark.
18 in. (45.8 cm.) high
£2,000-4,000 $3,100-6,100
€2,800-5,400
PROVENANCE:
Property from a private English collection.
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