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246 The current lot is richly decorated with the auspicious ‘hundred deer’
A fine and large famille rose ‘hundred deer’ vase, hu motif. The word ‘deer’ translates as lu and the peaches represent
Late Qing dynasty, Qianlong seal mark longevity or shou; together they form the auspicious pun lushou which
The bulbous body with gently rising shoulder, flanked at the sides literally means ‘fortune and longevity’. Furthermore, the large bulbous
with a pair of gilt chi dragon handles, the exterior finely painted vessel with wide waist suggests generosity and abundance of wealth;
with a continuous landscape scene of deer decorated in white, beige the precious lingzhi within the scenery, which has medicinal properties,
and brown enamels engaging in various activities, including grazing also represents long life.
and prancing in open fields, crossing streams, lying down, and stags
competing in courtship of does, all set in a lush mountainscape with pine For further reference, see a pair of ‘hundred deer’ vases dated to the
trees, fruiting peach plants, and lingzhi, the base with a six-character Qianlong period in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated
zhuanshu seal mark in underglazed-blue. in Stunning Decorative Porcelain from the Ch’ien-lung Reign, Taipei,
43.5cm high. 2008, pp.156-157, no.51. Another ‘hundred deer’ vase in the Nanjing
HK$700,000 - 900,000 Museum, Nanjing, is illustrated in Treasures in the Royalty. The Official
US$90,000 - 120,000 Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p.290.
清晚期 粉彩如意耳白鹿尊 青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款
Provenance 來源：
Sotheby’s London, 13 July 2006, lot 765
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