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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 539

A PAIR OF RUBY- GROUND FAMILLE -ROSE 'BAJIXIANG' ALTAR VASES (GU , QIANLONG SEAL MARKS
AND PE RIOD
Estimate: 80,000 - 120,000 USD

A PAIR OF RUBY-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE 'BAJIXIANG' ALTAR VASES (GU)
QIANLONG SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD
清乾隆 胭脂紅地粉彩纏枝蓮八吉祥紋花觚一對 《大清乾隆年製》款

each of archaistic gu form, finely modeled with a trumpet neck above a central bulb and a bell-shaped foot, the gilt-rimmed neck
decorated with four of the bajixiang emblems interspersed with leafy lotus scrolls between a band of ruyi-heads and an upright
border of plantain leaves, all above a narrow cylindrical band enclosing a keyfret border and an iron-red six-character seal mark
within a rectangular cartouche, the central bulb enameled with further lotus blooms borne on scrolling foliage between a pendent
trefoil border and an upright lotus lappet band, above a further short narrow band of floral scrolls, all supported on the high foot
enameled with the four remaining bajixiang emblems interspersed with further lotus scrolls between a ruyi-head border and a key-
fret band, all delicately picked out in shades of rose pink, yellow, green, iron red and turquoise against a rich ruby-red ground, the
registers divided by thin gilt raised fillets, the interiors of the neck and foot enameled in turquoise (2)

Height 10¼ in., 26.2 cm

Provenance
Collection of Dan E. Richardson (1849-1904), acquired in San Francisco circa 1895-1902, and thence by descent.

來源
Dan E. Richardson (1849-1904) 收藏，約1895至1902年得於舊金山，此後家族傳承

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