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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN
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A FAMILLE ROSE ‘BUTTERFLY’ VASE
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE
PERIOD (1875-1908)
The vase is fnely decorated in bright enamels to the neck and body with a
multitude of colourful butterfies scattered evenly around the surface. There
is a decorative band of lotus scrolls interrupted by shou characters at the
shoulder, all between a pendant ruyi band around the neck and upright lappet
band around the base.
15¬ in. (39.5 cm.) high
£10,000-15,000 $14,000-20,000
€12,000-17,000
PROVENANCE
Acquired in the UK over the past 60 years.
清光緒 粉彩百蝶紋賞瓶 礬紅六字楷書款
(mark)
來源: 英國私人珍藏
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