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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE
LIME-GREEN-GROUND VASE
JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL
MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE
PERIOD (1796-1820)
The body is decorated with a
wide naturalistic frieze of peony,
chrysanthemum, osmanthus, and yellow
hollyhock, between the ruyi-head borders
of the foliate scroll-decorated lime-green
ground below and on the shoulder and
neck, which is fanked by a pair of ear-
shaped, loop handles. The interior and base
surrounding the nianhao are covered in
turquoise enamel.
12º in. (31 cm.) high
$25,000-35,000

Compare with a very similar vase, also
with Jiaqing mark, sold at Sotheby’s Paris,
15 December 2011, lot 210.
清道光 綠地粉彩花卉紋雙耳瓶
礬紅六字篆書款

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