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1269 THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR, TEXAS
A FAMILLE ROSE BOWL WITH LOTUS SCENE
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JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND A FAMILLE ROSE ‘BOYS’ VASE
OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
The steep faring sides are decorated on the exterior with a continuous scene DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE
of swimming ducks and a cricket amidst lotus plants, and the interior with PERIOD (1821-1850)
three bats in fight between a peach, pomegranate and fnger citron in the
center. The ovoid body is fnely decorated with a procession of ffteen animated boys,
7Ω in. (19.1 cm.) diam. variously pulling a playmate on a peach-flled wheeled boat, raising tasseled
precious objects, carrying a wrapped qin, reed pipes, a lotus fower, books, a
$5,000-7,000 model of a deer, and two lifting a large peach on a pole across their shoulders,
all between ruyi-head borders, and below the turquoise-ground neck
清嘉慶 粉彩蓮塘圖盌 六字篆書款 decorated with two scrolling lotus sprays conjoined with the scrolling tendrils
of two other fower sprays and incorporating wan characters.

13¡ in. (34 cm.) high

$30,000-50,000

1269 (mark) The decoration on this vase and its arrangement is related to that of another
famille rose vase of the same shape illustrated in The Complete Collection
of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 39 - Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel
Decoration and Famille Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 219, pl. 194. The
decoration on the ovoid body of the Palace vase is that of boys participating
in a Dragon Boat race. See, also, a famille rose vase in the collection of the
National Museum of China, similarly decorated with boys at play, with a
ruby-ground neck, illustrated in Zhongguo guojia bowuguan guancang wenwu
yanjiu congshu - ciqi jian - Qing dai, Shanghai, 2007, p. 207, no. 137.

清道光 粉彩嬰戲圖瓶 礬紅六字篆書款

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