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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION No other pair of vases of this unusual shape, and with this
decoration, appear to have been published. The type of formal
1368 decoration, that of a dense design of fower scroll incorporating
A VERY RARE AND SUPERBLY ENAMELED PAIR OF auspicious symbols such as lotus, bats, shou characters and
YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE VASES chimes, executed in rich famille rose enamels which are then
JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN IRON RED enhanced by being showcased on a bright monochrome ground,
AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820) is found on other vases and jars of Jiaqing date. A baluster jar and
cover of Jiaqing date with related famille rose decoration, similarly
Each vase is decorated with an allover design of fower scroll arranged between decorative borders of petal lappets and ruyi
incorporating on two sides a large lotus suspended from a chime heads on a yellow ground, is illustrated by Zhejiang Province
between an iron-red bat above and a pink bat below and on the Museum (ed.) in Jia You Bao Cang: zhe jiang min jian shou cang
other two sides with a pair of butterfies confronted above a gilt zhen pin da zhan te ji, Beijing, 2004, p. 98, and cover. See, also,
shou character repeated on each side of the neck in the center of the meiping of Jiaqing date in the Qing Court Collection illustrated
lotus sprays between the pair of iron-red scroll handles. The interior in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum
and the base surrounding the nianhao is covered in deep turquoise - 39 - Porcelains with Cloisonne Enamel Decoration and Famille
enamel. Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 195, pl. 172, where the
decoration is on a lime-green ground. All of these pieces also have
12¬ in. (22 cm.) high, wood stands (2) a turquoise-enameled interior and base.
$400,000-600,000
清嘉慶 黃地粉彩「吉慶連綿」雙耳瓶一對 礬紅六字篆書款
PROVENANCE
Nicholas Monsarrat (1839-1910), Columbus, Ohio, acquired in the
1870s, and thence by descent within the family.
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