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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE CARVED
AND MOULDED CELADON-GROUND FAMILLE
ROSE LOBED VASE

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND
OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

The vase is exquisitely potted of quatrefoil form, delicately painted
in famille rose enamels on each lobed side with a quatrefoil cartouche
depicting the ‘Flowers of the Four Seasons’, including blossoming
peonies on one broader side and pomengranate and gardenia on the
other; chrysanthemum and Chinese amaranth on one narrower side,
and prunus and camellia on the other, all outlined in gilt borders
reserved against a lustrous celadon ground, moulded around the foot
with upright waves above keyfrets, and around the neck with bands of
upright lappets and ruyi-heads divided by a frieze of bosses, incised all
over on the body with bats amongst clouds. The neck is flanked with
a pair of gilt elephant-heads in high relief. The base is inscribed with
the reign mark.
14 º in. (36.2 cm.) high, box

Estimate on Request

PROVENANCE

Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 October 1991, lot 786
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 20 March 2007, lot 818

LITERATURE

Christie’s Twenty Years in Hong Kong. Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
Highlights, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 219
The Alan Chuang Collection of Chinese Porcelain, Hong Kong, 2009,
pl. 108

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