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四 42. Massive famille rose, fencai, octagonal facetted baluster vase and cover, painted with eight recessed panels, one painted
十 with a lady reclining on a barrel stool leaning on a wall in a covered terrace dreaming of meeting a gentleman but being
二 thwarted by a dancing performer holding cymbals, other panels with a gentleman presenting a gift to a seated lady

beside a landscape screen, an evening meeting of a lady and gentleman between pierced rockwork beneath a crescent
粉 moon and constellations with an attendant holding a fan beside a fenced arbour, and a scene of a lady sleeping in a chair
彩 holding a fly whisk while a gentleman approaches, all between four floral panels of peony, chrysanthemum, prunus and
開 rockwork, all on an iron-red scroll ground, with peony and bamboo, the neck with further recessed reserves alternating
光 with pairs of geese and deer, the cover with eight further panels, two with a gentleman and two with ladies between
花 flowerheads on a similar ground, the biscuit finial in the form of a Buddhist lion.
卉 89cm total height.
紋 Yongzheng/ early Qianlong, circa 1735.
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物 • Formerly in a European private collection, Lucerne, Switzerland.
故 • A similar pair from the collection of A. E. Cumberbatch is illustrated by Dr. George C. Williamson in The Book of
事 Famille Rose, pl. LV.
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