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3229 㖍㛔䥩Ṣ㓞啷炻ℍ啷㕤Ḵ⋩ᶾ䲨ᶲ⋲叱

A LARGE LIME-GREEN GROUND FAMILLE ROSE
‘THREE RAMS’ VASE

DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF
THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

The vase is heavily potted with a baluster body rising from a
splayed foot to a long neck flaring widely to the rim, flanked on
either side of the shoulders with an archaistic phoenix handle
enamelled in red. The body is delicately enamelled with a
continuous scene to depict three rams resting and gambolling
in a garden setting, amongst pine trees, budding flowers and
rockwork, all set between a border of ruyi-heads against a lime-
green ground detailed with composite floral sprays. The neck is
decorated on each side with an elaborate flower head surrounded
by scrolling leafy tendrils, all reserved against a lime-green ground.
27 ƒ in. (69 cm.) high, wood stand

HK$600,000-800,000 US$78,000-100,000

PROVENANCE

A Japanese private collection, acquired in the first half of the 20th
century

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