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A PINK"GROUND FAMILLE"ROSE VASE The individual elements of this vase have been carefully
JIAQING SEAL MARK AND PERIOD chosen for their auspicious signiÞ cance; for example the shou
characters rendered in gilt represent good fortune, which is
the compressed globular body rising from a splayed foot to
echoed through the bats, while the ruyi heads mean ‘as you
a long slender neck and slightly ß ared rim, brightly painted
wish’. Compare a Jiaqing vase of similar form, but of larger
around the exterior with stylised scrolling lotus, shou
size and painted with two registers of bats and ruyi heads with
characters and ß ying bats all against a pink ground, between
a lotus scroll, divided by upright leaves and various colourful
a ruyi pendant border at the rim and a band of upright lappets
borders, inscribed with a Chongming Tang mark, sold at
rising from ß oral foliates at the foot, the base and interior
Christie’s New York, 24 June 1983, lot 1043, and again in our
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glazed turquoise, the base with a seal mark in iron red
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Hong Kong rooms, 30 October 2002, lot 256.
20.5 cm, 8⅛ in.
This Þ nely enamelled vase follows in the Qianlong style, £ 40,000-60,000
suggesting that it was possibly made within the Þ rst decade HK$ 442,000-665,000 US$ 56,500-84,500
of Jiaqing’s reign when the inß uence of potters working for
his father, the Qianlong emperor, remained strong. See a ૶ྗᅅ ४ߎή४੹ڍ༸၅ྪᕐΌ७ଧ
slightly larger Qianlong mark and period vase of related form, ɽ૶ྗᅅϋႡ‘ಛ
decorated with a lotus scroll against a sgra! ato ruby red
ground, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 20 November 1985,
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lot 144.

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