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The exquisite enamelling seen on the current pair of vases suggests
that these were made during the early reign of the Jiaqing period,
when imperial porcelain followed closely the designs of that of the
Qianlong period, and were likely made by the same potters as those
who undertook the task for the Qianlong court.
Similar examples to the current pair are known, but none appears to
have the same form and decoration. Compare to a famille rose yellow-
ground vase with archaistic handles in the Huaihaitang Collection,
illustrated in Ethereal Elegance. Porcelain Vases of the Imperial Qing.
The Huaihaitang Collection, Hong Kong, 2007, pp. 374-5, no. 135; and
a famille rose vase without handles decorated with roundels enclosing
a pair of dragons confronted on a lotus bloom in the National Museum
of China, illustrated in Zhongguo guojia bowuguan guancang wenwu
yanjiu congshu - ciqi juan - Qing, Shanghai, 2007, p. 192, no. 128.
Interestingly, the present pair appears to be the only examples where
roses have been included in the decoration.

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