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A yellow-ground famille rose A famille rose bottle vase A matched pair of famille rose
tapering vase Yongzheng/Qianlong vases
Qianlong seal mark and of the period The compressed globular body rising Qianlong
Delicately enamelled with two elegantly to a tall cylindrical neck, painted with a Of slender baluster form, decorated with
dressed ladies holding flowers, baskets and gentleman seated in a rocky, fenced garden cockerels in flowering gardens of peonies,
a hoe, with a small boy carrying books whilst beside various parcels and sacks, his hand blossoming prunus and pierced rockwork.
two red-capped cranes look on, all stood raised and face turned upwards towards a 24cm (9.1/2in) high max. (2).
in front of rockwork, blossoming trees and gentleman on horseback to the neck.
flowers in the background, the base with a 19cm (7.1/2in) high. £500 - 600
four-character iron-red sealmark. CNY4,700 - 5,700
20.7cm (8 1/8in) high £600 - 800 HK$5,900 - 7,100
CNY5,700 - 7,600
£500 - 800 HK$7,100 - 9,500
CNY4,700 - 7,600
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A pair of famille rose plates
Compare a lime-green ground famille rose Qianlong
vase of similar proportions, Qianlong sealmark Each enamelled with a charming scene of
and probably late in the period, at Christie’s a lady holding a baby in an interior whilst
New York, 19-20/09/13 lot 1425. a maid and boy looks on from the garden,
the flat rims with oval and foliate cartouches
enclosing puce enamelled landscapes and
birds on branches, all on a gilt scrolling
ground.
Each: 23cm (9in) diam. (2).

£500 - 600 HK$5,900 - 7,100
CNY4,700 - 5,700

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